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Prisoner dies and murder investigation launched after attack by another inmate
A 28-year-old inmate died days after an assault by another prisoner; police have arrested a suspect and launched a murder investigation.
- On January 27, a HMP Highpoint Prison inmate died in hospital, prompting a murder investigation into the 28-year-old man's death at HMP Highpoint Prison, Stradishall, Suffolk.
- After being attacked by another prisoner on January 23, the inmate was treated in hospital, returned to prison, then readmitted on Tuesday and subsequently died.
- Detectives were called to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge at 11.11am on January 27 over the death of a 28-year-old man, and a Home Office post-mortem was scheduled for Friday, January 30.
- The deceased's family have been informed and are supported by specialist trained officers, while Cambridgeshire Constabulary urged anyone with information to report it online or via 101, quoting Op Venia.
- Separately, police were called at about 10.45am on Wednesday to Gladstone Street, Millfield, Peterborough, where a 50-year-old man was pronounced dead and a police cordon was established.
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Prisoner dies after being ‘attacked by fellow inmate’ at UK prison
Police have launched a murder probe after officers were called to a hospital in Cambridge – where an inmate from HMP Highpoint died after being injured in an alleged attack A 28-year-old prisoner has died after he was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate at a UK prison. A murder probe is now underway after police were called to Addenbrookes’ Hospital in Cambridge on Tuesday morning. The injured inmate, from HMP Highpoint Prison, had been admitt…
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