Strangeways prison. Gerard Thompson was jailed for 10 years in 2014 for a series of burglaries targeting rival drug dealers.
The 29-year-old, from Norris Green in Liverpool died at HMP Manchester on November 20, the Liverpool Echo reports.Thompson, whose brother and fellow Strand Gang member Joey Thompson was shot dead in 2012, was released on licence at the halfway stage of his sentence in May 2019.But, he was recalled to prison in January this year, after breaching the conditions of his licence.In 2014, a court heard how how Thompson and an associate, tortured a cannabis farmer with a hammer and screwdriver after tying him up.
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