Bill Bissett was found dead in his cell in 2023 on the day he was set for release - an ombudsman's report found attempts to ...

In 2021, he was convicted of further offences and sentenced to another year in prison. Mr Bissett was an inmate at Leyland’s Wymott Prison and was due to be released on October 13, 2023.

Safety at Wymott prison has reached a crisis point, new figures suggest. It comes as a workers' union has warned the increase of violence in prisons across England is "totally out of control".

Exclusive: Prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms continuing to take their own lives, say campaigners, as government ...

Article continues below The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has now confirmed that Stridgeon has died at the age of 70 on February 16 at Wymott Prison, with an investigation into his death ongoing.

He met prison guard Stephanie Heaps, from Runcorn, while at HMP Wymott, with the pair beginning a relationship, and eventually marrying. Bolton Crown Court heard at a previous hearing how Heaps ...

A child rapist has died in prison, with an investigation now launched ... According to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Trow died at HMP Wymott in Leyland on January 8 this year, nearly ...

A Boys' Brigade leader convicted of sexually abusing young boys took his own life on the day he was released from prison because he ... dead in his cell at HMP Wymott on October 13 2023.

Bill, from Lytham, had been sentenced to six and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing five boys in his care when he was a Boys' Brigade leader. His victims lived near to ...