Family want independent inquiry into son’s death

THE family of an 18-year-old who died after being released from garda custody demanded an independent inquiry yesterday into the circumstances behind his death.

John Maloney Jr, from Crumlin in Dublin, was arrested in May 2003 but was found unconscious shortly after being released and died 11 days later in hospital.

His 48-year-old father, Johnny Maloney, said the family wanted an independent inquiry because they could not believe that their son had died from a combination of drugs or alcohol.