Ombudsman investigating prisoner death in Co Derry
12/01/2009 - 07:56:55The North's Prisoner Ombudsman is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an inmate at Magilligan Jail in Co Derry yesterday morning.
Twenty-five-year-old Richard Bernard Gilmore is understood to have taken drugs shortly before he was found dead in his cell.
The Prisoner Ombudsman is investigating the possibility that a toxic batch of illegal drugs may be circulating inside the jail.
The Prison Service has extended its sympathy to Mr Gilmore's family.
