A killer died behind bars on the day he found out his early release had been refused, a report into his death has revealed.
Terence Lockhart died in the palliative care suite at HMP Holme House in Stockton on July 14, 2022 - two months after being told his lung cancer was terminal. An independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman looking into the circumstances surrounding his death states that he was the eleventh prisoner to die at Holme House since July 2020.
Lockhart was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1988. He was moved to Holme House in December 2021, and in the same month was seen by a prison GP after reporting abdominal pain, vomiting and loss of appetite.
