A passionate campaigner whose obsession about his cause landed him in jail has died alone in his cell just 10 days before he was due to be released. Michael Walls, from Blyth, was serving a four-month sentence at HMP Humber when he passed away on January 19. The 53-year-old’s loved ones have been told his death […]
The court of appeal has quashed the prison sentence of a heavily pregnant woman so that she can give birth safely, in a case hailed as a landmark by campaigners. The woman, 22, is almost eight months pregnant and has been diagnosed with potentially life threatening pre-eclampsia, which affects the mother’s blood vessels and the […]
Prison bosses failed a teenage prisoner who campaigners believe was the youngest in 20 years to take her own life, an inquest jury found. In their conclusion, jurors identified problems with ‘communications, accessibility and record-keeping’ at HMP Styal before mentally-ill Annelise Sanderson’s suicide. The 18-year-old was found hanged at the jail, near Wilmslow, Cheshire, in […]
A prison officer became emotional as she recalled breaking regulations by giving bandanas to an inmate with alopecia who later killed herself. Katie Allan, 21, was found dead in her cell on July 4, 2018 at Polmont young offenders institution. A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) at Falkirk Sheriff Court is examining the circumstances of her […]
A man who murdered his teenage stepdaughter and refused to reveal the whereabouts of her body has died in prison. Bernadette Walker, from Peterborough, disappeared aged 17 in July 2020 after telling her mother Scott Walker abused her “over a number of years”. Walker was found guilty of murder and perverting the course of justice. The […]
A man who kidnapped and murdered a two-year-old girl more than four decades ago has died in prison. Robert Astley abducted Denise Bradbury from her home in Kingstanding, Birmingham, in 1983. He sexually assaulted and murdered her, before dumping her body in the back of a car in the Sparkhill area of the city. The […]
Two inmates have died within a week at a women’s prison. They were both serving sentences at HMP Styal in Cheshire. The incidents were unrelated. Laura Parry, 59, was found dead on Waite Wing on Friday, December 15. On Thursday (December 21), Sarah Jackson, 46, died at the Valentina unit – a facility designed as […]
A man died in prison after overdosing on an antidepressant drug, a report has found. Alan Giles was jailed for 10 years after attacking two victims at their home in Harlow, Essex, in November 2019. The 71-year-old was found dead in his cell at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, on 7 December. An assessment by the Prisons […]
A male asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm barge has died in a suspected suicide, sources have confirmed to the Times. Dorset police said the incident occurred on Tuesday morning. The Home Office said further information would be released in due course. There are about 200 migrants living on the barge moored at Portland […]
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has been published into the death of Shaun Davies, aged 51, who was found hanged in his cell at HMP Ranby on December 28 2021. The report states: “We are concerned that in the two weeks before Mr Davies’s death, there were missed opportunities to properly […]
A man who was found dead in his prison cell at HMP Peterborough died of natural causes, an inquest has concluded. Mark Coleman, 45, of no fixed abode, had been arrested and bailed on suspicion of the murder of Wisbech woman Eliza Bibby in January this year. But he was remanded in custody in connection […]
An inmate found hanged in his cell at Hull Prison took his own life, an inquest has found. Lukasz Lukasik, 36, was on remand after pleading guilty to murdering his father and the attempted murder of his mother and assaulting his sister. An Officer found Lukasik’s body during morning roll call on 27 May 2021. […]