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Sophie Finnegan

HMP Northumberland prisoner found dead in cell after drinking homemade 'hooch'

A prisoner who was found dead in his cell at a North East jail had been drinking homemade 'hooch' before he died, an investigation has found.

Raymond Boyle, 30, was transferred to HMP Northumberland in May 2017 after failing to comply with his licence conditions and died later that month on May 19.

A new report into his death by the Prison & Probation Ombudsman (PPO) said that the day before he died, Mr Boyle told a nurse that he had been drinking illicitly brewed alcohol.

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