Family of man who died on Bibby Stockholm say government should be held responsible

Leonard Farruku, 27, died in a suspected suicide on barge for asylum seekers and his relatives want an independent inquiry

The family of Leonard Farruku, who died in a suspected suicide last December on the Bibby Stockholm barge used to accommodate asylum seekers, have said that the British government should be held responsible for his death.

The family has launched legal action against the government to force a decision over holding an independent investigation into the death. Lawyers for the family said they took the decision after the government failed to respond to three letters sent to it last month.