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Inquest Into Custody Death Opens
An inquest began yesterday into the death of a 38-year-old Birmingham man who died after being taken into police custody more than six years ago.
Michael Powell died on September 7, 2003 after being taken to a police station in the Handsworth area of the city.
The father of three, a cousin of the poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah, had been arrested following a disturbance outside his mother's home in the Lozells area of the city.
A jury sitting at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall is expected to hear up to six weeks of evidence.