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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn

Man’s jail suicide recorded as unlawful killing by Milton Keynes inquest

HMP Woodhill Prison
HMP Woodhill prison. The family of Robert Fenlon have asked authorities to engage in ‘serious reflection’ after his death on remand in 2016. Photograph: David Sillitoe/The Guardian

The death of a man who took his own life in prison in Buckinghamshire has been recorded as an unlawful killing, in what is believed to be the first finding of its type by an inquest jury.

The family of Robert Fenlon – who have been campaigning since his death while on remand at Woodhill prison in March 2016 – called on authorities to engage in “serious reflection” after the finding by the inquest, which was told of a catalogue of failures.

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