A convicted murderer from Greater Manchester died of Covid just days after testing positive for the virus. The family of Trevor Ferguson questioned whether he didn't report his symptoms because of 'bullying' from other inmates in prison, a new report reveals.
Staff at HMP Garth 'heard' some prisoners hid signs of Covid 'so they would not be responsible for lockdown of the whole unit', said a fatal incident report now published by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), which carries out independent investigations into complaints and deaths in custody.
"To avoid detection, they sent other people to collect their meals," the report said. "This is the kind of dynamic that can exist between prisoners and does not strike us as implausible."
