Prisoner failed by medical staff before suicide

A prisoner found hanged in his cell while awaiting trial for stabbing two schoolboys was able to commit suicide because of a ‘gross failure to provide basic medical care’ an inquest jury has found. Richard Walsh, 43, was discovered hanging by a bed sheet from the light fitting in his single cell in Belmarsh Prison. Following his arrest on 26 June 2015, a doctor and two psychiatrists saw him at Waterlooville police station. But they failed to check his custody…