THE teenage girlfriend of a man who died in police custody has given birth to his baby son -- and named him after his father.

Kim McGrath with Robin Jr

Robin Goodenough, 26, died after he was arrested in Alma Place, east Oxford, on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle in September last year.

He stopped breathing after he was removed from the car by police. An investigation was launched by the Police Complaints Authority, conducted by officers from Hampshire Constabulary.

Mr Goodenough's 16-year-old girlfriend Kim McGrath gave birth to Robin Ashley Junior Denton Goodenough at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital at about 6am today.

Robin's brother, Thomas Goodenough, 33, said Miss McGrath had mixed emotions as her boyfriend would never be able to see the baby.

He said: "The baby is perfectly healthy and it all went brilliantly.

"I held him in my arms with mixed emotions. I wanted to pat my brother on the back and say well done. His Dad should have been here."

He added: "Having a child is something he always talked about, especially to me. But I can't congratulate him. That's what hurts so much."

As Miss McGrath went into labour last night four police officers, arrested in connection with Mr Goodenough's death, were answering bail at separate police stations in Hampshire as part of the inquiry.

A spokesman for the Police Complaints Authority said: "The four officers answered their bail and were interviewed at length before being released back on bail until May 7.

"A file will be submitted by Hampshire Constabulary to the Police Complaints Authority and the Crown Prosecution Service."

Thomas Goodenough said his family still had not been given an official cause of death by investigating officers five months after Robin's arrest.

"It has taken too long and there's so many questions I want to raise," he said.

It has emerged that his brother, of Brampton Road, Barton, Oxford, had been at the wheel of his sister's car, although he had been banned from driving.

The official cause of death will be determined by a coroner's inquest, a PCA spokesman said.