coronavirus in prison. Sharon Swinhoe, 52, died in hospital on February 23 after being struck down with Covid-19 at New Hall prison near Huddersfield.
She had been transferred from the all-women prison to a nearby hospital suffering from multi-organ failure.The Prison Service said it could not confirm the cause of death which was a matter for the coroner, but she did test positive for Covid prior to her death.
Swinhoe is one of two women to have died following a serious outbreak of the virus in the prison and an investigation into their deaths has been launched by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.In 2013, Swinhoe was was found guilty of murdering her retired civil servant boyfriend Peter McMahon.Newcastle Crown Court jailed her for 25.
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