A prisoner who murdered a fellow inmate in a dispute over a vape debt has been jailed for life. Jordan Neale, 27, punched Gareth Jones, 42, a number of times at HMP Peterborough in a six-second attack in July 2024, having effectively trapped him in his cell, the city’s crown court heard. Jones later died, […]
A homophobic killer who murdered a man for allegedly making a pass at him has now been jailed again – for throttling his cellmate. Vitalie Tanga, 41, was given a life sentence last year for the ‘senseless’ killing of Alfred Mattox, who was gay, after beating him to death in his own home in 2021. […]
Two men have been jailed for killing a fellow inmate at a prison in Leicestershire. Mahir Abdulrahman, also known as Mahir Mohamed, was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way in Glen Parva on 20 August 2024 and pronounced dead at the scene. Ashirie Smith, 19, was jailed for a minimum term of […]
A convicted murderer accused of trying to stab infamous child killer Roy Whiting to death in HMP Wakefield is on course to stand trial next month. Andrew Light is charged with the attempted murder of Whiting with a makeshift knife in February last year. Light was not present at Leeds Crown Court this afternoon for […]
A prisoner awaiting trial for attempted murder has been jailed for life for a “vicious” attack on a fellow inmate. Andrew Thorpe, 38, was told Jonathon Thornton had made racist remarks while they were both detained at HMP Nottingham in June 2024. Thorpe followed Mr Thornton around the prison and lured him into the showers […]
The death of a prisoner a day after he was assaulted is no longer being treated as murder, police said. Kevin Golby, 49, was found dead in his cell at HMP Five Wells, near Wellingborough, in December. Northamptonshire Police said he had been assaulted the previous day. A 20-year-old serving prisoner who had been arrested […]
A prisoner used a broken chair and shattered toilet lid to attack and brutally murder another inmate. Sasan Rabat was found sitting in his cell at HMP Maidstone on December 9, 2021, with a fellow inmate, Stefan Adi, laying dead in the corner of the room. Rabat had used furniture including a locker and a […]
Fifteen New York prison officers have been suspended following the death of a man incarcerated in New York state – the second such death in a matter of months – NY Governor Kathy Hochul announced yesterday. The Governor said the state department of corrections staffers were taken off the job at her direction as state […]
Ten former US prison officers have appeared in court charged in connection with the killing of Robert Brooks, a prisoner incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York, who was fatally beaten at the prison in December 2024. A US grand jury indicted six officers — Nicholas Anzalone, David Kingsley, Anthony Farina, Christopher […]
An investigation is under way after a second inmate died at a prison in the space of 15 days. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said Reece Pryce, 23, died at HMP Five Wells near Wellingborough on 25 December. There were no further details available about how Pryce died at the category C prison – which […]
An HMP Five Wells prisoner who was found dead, sparking a murder investigation, has been named. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said the inmate who died suddenly at the prison in the Wellingborough prison on in December was 49-year-old Kevin Golby. Northants Police launched a murder investigation after Mr Golby was found in his cell […]
A 20-year-old prisoner arrested on suspicion of murder following the sudden death of another inmate has been released on police bail. Northamptonshire Police was called to HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough on Tuesday morning after a 49-year-old man was found dead. Detectives said further investigation was required after results of a post-mortem examination held on Wednesday were […]