A murderer spent 12 years denying he had killed a female pensioner before admitting he was guilty has been found dead in prison today.
Simon Hall aged 36, from Ipswich was found dead by staff at Wayland Prison, Norfolk.
Mr Hall, was convicted 2003 after murdering Joan Albert, 79, in her own home in, Suffolk.
He protested his innocence and launched several appeals since he was convicted in 2003.
A Prison Service spokesman said: “Simon Hall ,was found unconscious in his cell by prison staff at approximately 05:25 GMT.
“Paramedics attended to him but he was pronounced dead at 05:49.
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Glad to hear this is good news for a change
Glad to hear this is good news for a change
my sympathies go to the pensioners family
my sympathies go to the pensioners family
So the guilt finally caught up with him
Good
Good bring back the hanging for scum like this
A lengthy inquest at the expense of the taxpayer no doubt
that great news, god bless the pensioner..rot in hell the killer.
Great news!! “justice” at last