SOURCE: PRESSTV

A complete inquiry may never be held into the death of black man Mark Duggan, whose death at the hands of police triggered worst unrest in the UK in a generation last summer.

The family of the 29-year-old accused the authorities, who said “sensitive information” could jeopardize the police investigation, of withholding information around his death.

A coroner holding a pre-inquest review into the death in Tottenham on August 4 said that sensitive material relating to police “decision making” meant the probe may not take place. Instead, a judge could hold an inquiry that would allow for “closed sessions” where details are kept private.

Duggan’s aunt, Carole, who was accompanied to the hearing at North London coroner’s court by his fiancée Semone Wilson and his brother Marlon, said they believed the news was “delaying tactics”.

“We believe the IPCC are withholding information from us which is delay tactics. Maybe they think we will go away, come to terms with what has happened, but we are a grieving family and we will always grieve for Mark”, she said.

Duggan was being followed by officers from Operation Trident in a covert operation when armed officers stopped the taxi he was travelling and shot him dead.

The news has prompted fears for the family that his case may echo that of Azelle Rodney who was shot dead in 2005 by police and whose family are still waiting for a public inquiry seven years later.