13 September 2023
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has finally apologised to Marcia Rigg for failings in its misconduct investigations into the death of her brother, Sean Rigg at Brixton police station in 2008.
The IOPC apologised for the long delay—described as ‘extraordinary and indefensible’ by the High Court in 2018—in concluding its investigations, and for not notifying Sean’s family of a settlement with three of the officers involved.
Musician Sean Rigg, who was suffering a mental health emergency, was held by four officers in a prone position for seven to eight minutes.
Hickman & Rose partner Daniel Machover, representing Marcia Rigg, said: ‘The IOPC needs to go beyond this unprecedented and very welcome apology.
‘It needs to unequivocally support Marcia Rigg’s call for the end of prolonged prone restraint.’
