A person has been arrested on suspicion of homicide after a convicted killer’s dying at a high-security jail the place he was once serving a existence sentence.
A Jail Provider spokesperson stated John Mansfield was once discovered lifeless at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.
“Police are investigating the dying of prisoner John Mansfield at HMP Whitemoor on Sunday 13 April. It might be beside the point to remark additional presently,” a spokesperson stated.
Mansfield is serving a existence sentence on the jail for homicide.
Cambridgeshire Police stated the drive was once known as at round 4.10pm after the frame of a person in his 60s was once discovered.
“A 44-year-old guy has been arrested on suspicion of homicide. An investigation is ongoing,” they stated in a observation.
It was once the second one main safety breach at the jail property over the weekend after the brother of the Manchester Area bomber attacked 3 officials on Saturday.
The Jail Officials Affiliation (POA) stated 28-year-old Hashem Abedi – the brother of Salman Abedi – threw scorching cooking oil over the guards earlier than stabbing them with “improvised knives”, probably created from a baking tray.
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