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Inquest opens after prisoner found hanging in cell
An inquest has opened into the death of a man who was found hanging in his cell at Swaleside Prison on the Isle of Sheppey.
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Prisoner tells inquest inmate was 'bullied' prior to death
A serving Kent prisoner has told an inquest jury that a fellow inmate, who was later found dead, had been 'bullied' and stabbed in the neck with a fork by another prisoner.
Sarah Saunders has been at the inquest into the death of Johnny Baker-Heffernan at Archbishops Palace in Maidstone:
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Inquest hears prisoner not suicidal before his death
A prison officer has told an inquest jury that an inmate had not shown any signs of self-harm or suicide, before he was discovered dead. He was giving evidence at a hearing into the death of Johnny Baker-Heffernan, whose body was found in his cell at Swaleside Prison on the Isle of Sheppey. Watch Tom Savvides' report.