English: The matter I wish to raise today concerns Christopher Kapessa, a 13-year-old black boy whose body was found in the River Cynon near Fernhill last year. I mentioned the colour of Christopher's skin because his family strongly believe that it's a factor in the Crown Prosecution Service's decision not to bring a prosecution in connection with his death. The decision came despite the CPS's assertion that there was, to use their own words, 'sufficient evidence' that Christopher was pushed into the river. Christopher's distraught family says that there may well have been further evidence to make a stronger case, had the police interviewed more than only four of the 14 people who were at the scene during his death. It's hard to argue with the assertion of Christopher's mother, Alina, when she says: 'If this had been 14 black youths and a white victim we have no doubt that the approach of the police and outcome would have been different.' While criminal justice remains a reserved matter there are limits as to what the Welsh Government can do. However, at the time of the incident, I conveyed the concerns from the family and urged, albeit informally, that this Welsh Government look into the matter, because community cohesion is devolved, and so this is a case that should be of concern to you from that perspective. So, what representations do the Welsh Government intend to raise on this matter? And can this Government send out a clear statement that everyone in Wales is equal, that they should be treated equally, regardless of gender, sexual preference and skin colour, and that everyone deserves to understand that black lives really do matter?
Welsh: Mae'r mater yr wyf i'n dymuno ei godi heddiw yn ymwneud â Christopher Kapessa, bachgen du 13 oed y cafodd ei gorff ei ddarganfod yn Afon Cynon ger Fernhill y llynedd. Soniais am liw croen Christopher oherwydd bod ei deulu'n credu'n gryf ei fod yn ffactor ym mhenderfyniad Gwasanaeth Erlyn y Goron i beidio â dwyn erlyniad mewn cysylltiad â'i farwolaeth. Daeth y penderfyniad er gwaethaf haeriad Gwasanaeth Erlyn y Goron bod, gan ddefnyddio eu geiriau eu hunain, 'digon o dystiolaeth' fod Christopher wedi ei wthio i'r afon. Mae teulu trallodus Christopher yn dweud ei bod hi'n ddigon posibl y byddai mwy o dystiolaeth i gyflwyno achos cryfach, pe byddai'r heddlu wedi cyfweld â mwy na dim ond pedwar o'r 14 o bobl a oedd yn y fan a'r lle pan fu farw. Mae'n anodd dadlau â honiad mam Christopher, Alina, pan ei bod hi'n dweud: Pe byddai hyn wedi bod yn 14 o bobl ifanc du a dioddefwr gwyn nid oes gennym ni unrhyw amheuaeth y byddai agwedd yr heddlu a'r canlyniad wedi bod yn wahanol. Gan fod cyfiawnder troseddol yn parhau i fod yn fater a gadwyd yn ôl, mae cyfyngiadau ar yr hyn y gall Llywodraeth Cymru ei wneud. Fodd bynnag, ar adeg y digwyddiad, fe wnes i gyfleu pryderon y teulu gan annog, er yn anffurfiol, bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn ymchwilio i'r mater, oherwydd bod cydlyniant cymunedol wedi ei ddatganoli, ac felly mae hwn yn achos a ddylai fod yn destun pryder i chi o'r safbwynt hwnnw. Felly, pa sylwadau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu eu codi ar y mater hwn? Ac a wnaiff y Llywodraeth hon anfon datganiad clir bod pawb yng Nghymru yn gyfartal, y dylen nhw gael eu trin yn gyfartal, beth bynnag yw eu rhyw, eu tueddiad rhywiol a lliw eu croen, a bod pawb yn haeddu deall bod bywydau duon yn wirioneddol bwysig?