Three of Scotland’s most violent prisoners killed by covid

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Coronavirus has killed three of Scotland’s most notorious violent prisoners in a matter of months. Covid-19 was named on the death certificates of two brutal killers and a violent armed robber as a string of outbreaks continue to plague the country’s jails.

Prison records show the virus was a factor in the deaths of callous murderers John ‘Jock’ Reid and Asif Rehman.Post officer robber Graham Wise, who blinded a woman, was the latest of the three to fall victim to the virus just a year into his sentence.

Details of their deaths emerged as prison chiefs confirmed almost 200 prisoners across the estate were this week Covid-19 positive and more than 1000 are self-isolating due to exposure to the virus.