Overview
- The 16-year-old detainee, found unresponsive in his cell at Feltham in southwest London, was taken to hospital Monday night after a 9:30 p.m. ambulance call and was pronounced dead at 11:43 p.m.
- The Metropolitan Police say enquiries are ongoing and describe the death as unexpected.
- Investigators scheduled a post-mortem for Friday, 24 April, in a step that will help determine the cause of death.
- The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will lead the standard independent inquiry that follows any death in custody.
- The boy’s girlfriend told the Mail he had a heart condition and appeared badly bruised when viewed at West Middlesex Hospital, while past inspections cited Feltham for very high levels of violence.