A mother who called a prison asking staff to keep a “closer eye” on her son after he made a disturbing call to her where he appeared to be hallucinating was contacted just over five hours later and told that he had made a suicide attempt leading her to rush to hospital where he subsequently died, an inquest has heard.
The prison authorities at the inquest of Andrew Gearns (29) indicated that he was checked on 13 times on the afternoon of September 28, 2020.
However, at 4.40pm he was found unresponsive in his one man cell in Cork Prison following a suicide attempt. He died at Cork University Hospital on October 7, 2020. Andrew, whose family said he was in “a dark place” was not in a special observation cell during his time in Cork Prison.
