Carole Duggan, the aunt of Mark Duggan, has rubbished accusations her nephew was a 'gangster', telling ITV News he did not live a 'gangster lifestyle' and was "just an ordinary man. He struggled like any other working class person would do."
The Duggan family pastor has said that they still feel "very raw about the verdict" that Mark Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot by police.
It comes after police watchdog, the IPCC, said they had contacted the Duggan family solicitor to try and meet with the family.
Nims Obunge told ITV News: "It's right that the IPCC go through the family solicitors and await a response from the family.
"It's very early, the family feel very raw about the verdict and I think that we've just got to wait for the right time and the IPCC need to wait for the right time."
Met Police chief thanks Duggan family after they appeal for peace as friend says family are 'still too raw' to meet with police watchdog.
Mark Duggan's family have reacted angrily to the inquest conclusion that he was lawfully killed when he was shot by police in 2011.
Mark Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot dead by a police marksman in 2011, a jury has found.