The Scottish Human Rights Commission has described the investigation of deaths in custody as "traumatising" for families, and warned that an increase in fatalities is "unacceptable".

The report was compiled in co-ordination with charity Inquest in a bid to improve the fatal accident inquiry system in Scotland, which investigates deaths in custody as well as other fatalities.

Criticisms of the system were made at a "family listening event" attended by 33 grieving relatives, the report said, including that warnings about potential risk to life were ignored, that the cause of death was given and then retracted, and that one person was referred to as "the body".

A fatal accident inquiry review was set up by the Scottish Government in January, following a report from the Scottish Human R

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