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.
Louise Heminsley
Feb 23, 2014 at 9:26 pm
Glad to hear this is good news for a change
Louise Heminsley
Feb 23, 2014 at 9:26 pm
Glad to hear this is good news for a change
Joy Scott
Feb 23, 2014 at 9:26 pm
my sympathies go to the pensioners family
Joy Scott
Feb 23, 2014 at 9:26 pm
my sympathies go to the pensioners family
Joanne Brennan
Feb 23, 2014 at 10:00 pm
So the guilt finally caught up with him
Debbie Musgrave
Feb 23, 2014 at 10:01 pm
Good
Philly Barstow
Feb 23, 2014 at 10:33 pm
Good bring back the hanging for scum like this
Chris Daniels
Feb 23, 2014 at 11:54 pm
A lengthy inquest at the expense of the taxpayer no doubt
Leigh Robertson
Feb 24, 2014 at 10:45 am
that great news, god bless the pensioner..rot in hell the killer.
Richard Micklewright
Feb 25, 2014 at 12:46 am
Great news!! “justice” at last