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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Police launch criminal probe after five deaths at scandal-hit prison

Anthony Binfield (left), David Richards (centre) and Rolandas Karbauskas died at the prison in March 2023 - (Family handout/Lincolnshire Police)

Police have launched a criminal investigation into the management of a scandal-hit prison after five men died in nine months.

The probe was prompted after senior coroner Laurinda Bower took the unusual step of writing to Nottinghamshire Police to urge them to consider whether criminal investigations should take place after she found a string of failures contributed to the deaths at HMP Lowdham Grange.

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