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Lanarkshire prison death of newlywed murderer to be probed at inquiry

The death of a newlywed murderer at a Lanarkshire prison is to be probed by a court.

Rene Howeison and his wife, Kathleen Downey, stabbed neighbour Colin Skilbeck, 41, to death and threw boiling water and sugar over him in March 2017. The killers were jailed for over 20 years in January 2018.

Howieson died at HMP Shotts in May 2020 aged 39 - his passing was not believed to be linked to Covid-19. Over two years on, a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) has been launched into his death.

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