Lowdham

Police 'should consider inquiry into jail deaths'

Matthew Osborne's inquest also heard that prison officers who played football with a toilet roll on the day he died were sacked.

Perrie Melladay is at least the eighth prisoner serving at HMP Lowdham Grange to die in 2025.

Kelton Wardle was working in the segregation unit on the day Matthew Osborne died, an inquest hears.

An inquest hears checks on Matthew Osborne were recorded - but did not match with CCTV footage.

Matthew Osborne, 39, was found in his cell on a segregation unit in November 2023.

A jury finds numerous failings in the Category B jail before Ricky Crosher's death in October 2023.

Former director Damian Evans tells an inquest he was "struggling to deliver what was required".

Alin Drughe carried out other checks when he found an observation hatch blocked, a jury hears.

Ricky Crosher was "clearly in crisis" before he was found in his cell, an inquest hears.

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