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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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1712 fatal incident reports

John Robley

Published:
Date of birth:
23/12/1980
Date of death:
16/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Wilcock

Published:
Date of birth:
01/04/1982
Date of death:
15/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Gerald Hedges

Published:
Date of birth:
28/10/1957
Date of death:
14/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

David Tilley

Published:
Date of birth:
07/06/1947
Date of death:
14/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Mercer

Published:
Date of birth:
15/09/1980
Date of death:
14/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Robin Jackson

Published:
Date of birth:
10/06/1954
Date of death:
11/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Kanapathipilai Jeyakumar

Published:
Date of birth:
21/04/1976
Date of death:
10/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Gary Bates

Published:
Date of birth:
18/08/1982
Date of death:
05/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Richard Littlewood

Published:
Date of birth:
22/11/1979
Date of death:
25/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Aaron Taylor

Published:
Date of birth:
26/04/1991
Date of death:
28/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison