HMP Wandsworth staff failed to properly perform CPR on a prisoner who had gone into cardiac arrest, a watchdog has found. Peter Honnor, 55, died of myocarditis at the south London prison on June 27, 2024, after his cellmate reported him unresponsive.
A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report found the night patrol officer did not immediately call a code blue emergency in response, which meant there was a delay before other officers arrived, opened the cell and called an ambulance. Paramedics later raised concerns about the quality of resuscitation performed by healthcare and prison staff before they arrived and took over.
