A convicted assassin killed behind bars final weekend was bludgeoned with a weight within the excessive safety jail’s fitness center, it has been claimed.
John Mansfield, who was jailed for all times in 2007 for the homicide of his 63-year-old neighbour Ann Alfanso, was discovered lifeless at HMP Whitemoor close to March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.
Police had been referred to as to Whitemoor at about 4.10pm on Sunday after Mansfield’s physique was found, and he was pronounced lifeless on the jail at 4.27pm.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman stated preliminary findings from the autopsy examination revealed the 63-year-old died from a head harm.
Rumours have been circulating amongst inmates that Mansfield was attacked with a weight contained in the fitness center, MailOnline reviews.
Two ladies whose companions are serving sentences there repeated the identical account as they spoke of their fears for inmates’ security.
One stated: ‘I heard it occurred within the fitness center. The identical factor, that somebody acquired hit with weights and died. To be truthful, he deserved it. He killed some 80-year-old girl. Folks don’t like that.
‘One of many different guests phoned it [the information] to me. I’m frightened it may occur to my husband.’
The safety breach got here a day after Manchester Enviornment bomb plotter Hashem Abedi attacked three jail officers with sizzling cooking oil in kitchen at HMP Frankland.
A former officer at Frankland warned Abedi ‘will kill somebody at some point’ and informed Metro nothing can stop assaults till the federal government begins prioritising employees security over the consolation of criminals.
Mansfield was sentenced in 2007 at Manchester Crown Courtroom to life in jail with a minimal time period of 30 years for the homicide of Ms Alfanso.
Ms Alfanso, who suffered from decreased mobility, was discovered lifeless at her dwelling in Whalley Vary, Manchester, by her carer in August 2006. She had been stabbed round 20 instances within the head and neck.
In 2014, Mansfield was handed a second life time period after stabbing one other prisoner with a damaged plate at HMP Full Sutton, close to York.
A police spokesman stated: ‘A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of homicide.
‘He stays in jail custody and underneath investigation.’
The power has confirmed the arrested man is a serving prisoner.
The spokesman added: ‘Preliminary findings from a autopsy performed at Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Wednesday concluded Mr Mansfield died on account of a head harm.’
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