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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tristan Kirk

Inmate at scandal-hit HMP Chelmsford took own life after staff failed to spot he was a suicide risk

An inmate at the scandal-hit prison which accidentally set a sex offender free was able to kill himself when staff failed to notice that he was a known suicide risk.

Steven Davidson took his own life at HMP Chelmsford in March last year while he was behind bars awaiting a sentencing hearing.

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