Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A Strangeways prisoner due to stand trial for murder was found hanged in his cell after telling a nurse he was seeing visions of his victim's face, a court has heard.
Simon Mellors was on remand at HMP Manchester when he died in his cell on 25 February, 2018, a coroner's court heard today. He was aged 56 and had recently been transferred to Strangeways from HMP Nottingham.
Manchester Coroner's Court heard Mellors was put on the healthcare wing because he suffered a fractured spine in a car crash in January 2018.
It was the circumstances surrounding this incident which resulted in him being charged with murder, the court was told. Swearing in a jury for the
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