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Norman Silvester & Sian Traynor

Edinburgh prisoner, 34, 'begged' for help before dying alone in cell from Covid

An Edinburgh prisoner died alone in his cell from coronavirus, after begging staff to help him.

The family of Calum Inglis, 34, have claimed his desperate pleas for assistance went unacknowledged after he began to suffer badly from the virus at HMP Addiewell.

An inmate at the West Lothian prison, Calum had been coughing up blood and experiencing severe symptoms when he was said to have asked for medical help via an intercom system.

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