A former police officer has urged Scottish criminal justice agencies to break the “bystander” culture that allows brutality and prejudice to be tolerated in fatal flashpoints.

Graham Goulden contacted our sister title The Record after the views of sickened whistleblowers at the Scottish Prison Service- who told of their shame at the violent death of Allan Marshall in HMP Edinburgh in 2015.

Goulden believes that case and others involving police officer malpractice - including the death of Sheku Bayoh in the same year - could be avoided if officers are trained to stand up for what they believe to be right, reports The Record.

He said: “The death of Allan Marshall in HMP Edinburgh in 2015 will forever be haunted by the simple fact that Allan wouldn’t have died if only one member of the g

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