Death Of James Ashley
James Ashley was a 39-year-old British man shot dead by armed police while unarmed and naked, during a raid on his Sussex flat in 1998. Ashley and several of the apartment's other residents were suspected of involvement in large-scale drug deals. Having previously served two years on a charge of manslaughter, Ashley had been involved in a pubroom stabbing several months earlier, although only insomuch as a friend of his attacked someone else before Ashley pulled him away. A search of the premises later turned up a small amount of cannabis.
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