The family of Robin Goodenough, who died in police custody almost a year ago, say they have lost confidence in the Crown Prosecution Service after the case appeared to have stalled.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced at the beginning of May that its investigation had been completed and paperwork had been passed to prosecutors.

Three-and-a-half months later, a decision is still awaited from the CPS as to whether four officers arrested in connection with Mr Goodenough's death will be prosecuted.

Members of the Goodenough family met a CPS representative on August 10, but Robin's brother, Thomas, 33, of Daisy Bank, Abingdon, said the prosecutor had not seen a second post mortem report commissioned by the Goodenough family, after the initial post mortem proved inconclusive.

He said: "We left the meeting feeling distraught and we have lost confidence in the Crown Prosecution Service.

"We are still no nearer to knowing what's going to happen. Almost a year has gone by and they have had time to come to some sort of a decision."

He said family members visited Robin's grave almost every day. Mr Goodenough added: "I long for the day where I can go there and say justice has been done now. Every day I wake up and it seems like it happened just yesterday."

Banned driver Mr Goodenough, 26, died after he was arrested in Alma Place, east Oxford, on suspicion of driving a stolen car on September 27, last year. He was driving his sister's vehicle.

He stopped breathing after he was removed from the car by police.

Mr Goodenough's mother Glenys Goodenough, 63, of Brampton Road, Barton, said: "It's horrendous what we're having to take. We're living in hell."

A spokesman for the CPS casework directorate in London, which deals with complicated cases, said the case was still under consideration.

She said: "We have to make sure we make the correct decision, and that we review all the evidence.

"We understand how the family are feeling, but we have to get it right."