A prisoner standing trial for robbery was found dead in his cell after taking psychoactive substances such as Spice using a "modified vape", a report concluded.
Anthony Peloe, 50, had a long-list of convictions for violence and robbery, and had been made subject to an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP) in 2005 after a bungled attempt to hold up a Woolton travel agents at gunpoint. Peloe, originally from Speke, also made headlines in 2014 after absconding from HMP Thorn Cross open prison near Warrington.
He was on the run for 36 hours, while he walked to Speke from Warrington over farmer's fields and spent the night in a barn, before a tip-off led to his arrest in Tarbock Road, Speke. Peloe later explained he had fled the open-prison due to fears he could be attacked over a debt o wed to other inmates for tobacco.
