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Death investigations & reports

Warning: Reports may contain extremely graphic information which readers may find distressing.

This page contains details of death investigations that are currently in progress as well as final reports. The PPO is only able to publish final reports after sharing them with the family of the deceased person and after the coroner’s inquest has taken place. Please visit our archive site to view reports published before June 2024. You can also view investigations started before July 2024 too.

Use the search box below to find out where a death or deaths have happened. View a list of all prisons in England and Wales.

Please note, this is PPO data on fatal incident investigations which may not align with official statistics published by the Ministry of Justice.

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1443 fatal incident reports

Kate Allen

Published:
Date of birth:
13/12/1988
Date of death:
07/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

David Stead

Published:
Date of birth:
13/03/1987
Date of death:
09/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Approved premises

Mohammed Fethaullah

Published:
Date of birth:
05/09/1960
Date of death:
13/05/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Douglas Clayton

Published:
Date of birth:
23/05/1944
Date of death:
22/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Emma Muirhead

Published:
Date of birth:
20/04/1976
Date of death:
13/09/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Peter Lunt

Published:
Date of birth:
04/11/1969
Date of death:
23/02/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Post-release

Paul Ward

Published:
Date of birth:
10/11/1954
Date of death:
22/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Whittemore

Published:
Date of birth:
19/11/1970
Date of death:
23/07/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Nickolas Fretwell

Published:
Date of birth:
30/11/1974
Date of death:
16/10/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Sean Spencer

Published:
Date of birth:
15/08/1990
Date of death:
31/03/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Approved premises