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Tristan Kirk

First aid training for prison guards 'axed in April', says coroner in future deaths warning

First aid training for prison guards has been cut back in the last six months, a coroner has said, in a warning that the lives of inmates are being put at risk.

Coroner Ivan Cartwright raised the alarm after hearing the inquest into the death of 49-year-old Anthony Sleaford in his cell at HMP Gartree.

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