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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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1525 fatal incident reports

John Trow

Published:
Date of birth:
15/01/1953
Date of death:
08/01/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Tony King

Published:
Date of birth:
10/04/1963
Date of death:
18/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Roberto Paguyo

Published:
Date of birth:
27/06/1964
Date of death:
29/11/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Azhar Hussain

Published:
Date of birth:
17/04/1983
Date of death:
27/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Robert Lonsdale

Published:
Date of birth:
27/05/1982
Date of death:
14/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Post-release

Edgar Fairhurst

Published:
Date of birth:
25/10/1941
Date of death:
11/01/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Colin McSweeny

Published:
Date of birth:
17/12/1955
Date of death:
23/09/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

John Cox

Published:
Date of birth:
14/04/1941
Date of death:
24/01/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

David Griffiths

Published:
Date of birth:
07/02/1952
Date of death:
28/08/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

James Nanson

Published:
Date of birth:
05/06/1990
Date of death:
27/08/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison