Short Profiles (Adult)

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See the case profiles summarised below.

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Anna Baker
Anna was the second of six women to die in a 12 month period at HMP Styal. Anna died on 26th November 2002 after she was found hanging in her cell at approximately 13.50pm. Anna was on remand and recognised as being at risk from self harm and suicide.  INQUEST press release (pdf file)

Annie Kelly
Annie Kelly was found hanging in a strip cell in the Mourne House
punishment block during the afternoon of 7th September 2002. She was hanging by ligatures torn from an anti-suicide blanket from the diamond steel mesh of a window that should have been fully covered by Perspex to render it ligature-free.  INQUEST press release (pdf file)

Juliet Walsh
A senior MP has backed campaigners’ calls for an urgent independent inquiry after a woman inmate died and four were hospitalised after a suspected drugs overdose at Styal Prison.

Sarah Thomas
Ms Thomas had taken cocaine before she suffered a fit at Stoke Newington police station. She had been arrested by plain clothes police officers for a public order offence in Finsbury Park, London. She was transferred to Homerton Hospital where she died late on Friday night.  4WardEver Campaign (Word file)

Wendy Booth
Wendy Booth was found hanging in her cell in 12 November 2003. She had been placed on suicide watch on numerous occasions since arriving at the troubled prison in February 2002. Wendy had been described as withdrawn and very down and had not been eating properly.  INQUEST press release (pdf file)

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Amir Cheema
People shower rose petals as the coffin, containing body of Amir Cheema, arriveds from Berlin, Germany for burial in his ancestral town of Saorki, on Saturday 13 May 2006. Amir Cheema, died in custody after he was arrested in Germany.  Related report >

Carl Woods – Anger over WA death in custody verdicts
There were emotional scenes in the Perth Coroners Court on November 28 as deputy State Coroner Evelyn Vicker read her findings into the death of a 35-year-old Aboriginal man.

Kyle Byrd
The Philadelphia Police Department is looking into allegations of police brutality as surveillance video has some saying officers went too far.

Richard O’Brien
Richard O’Brien, 37, died in April 1994 after being pinned to the ground by three officers who said they were arresting him for being drunk and disorderly.

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