A senior prison officer failed to remove a noose from an inmate who was later found hanged, a court has heard.<\/p>\n
Ryan Harvey hanged himself in his cell at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, 90 minutes after an officer found him with a noose around his neck.<\/p>\n
The Old Bailey heard custodial manager Joseph Travers, 55, “breached his duty” by not taking action to prevent the 23-year-old’s suicide on 3 May 2015.<\/p>\n
He denies gross negligence manslaughter and misconduct in a public office.<\/p>\n
At about 20:30 on 3 May, prison officer Alison Barton found Mr Harvey trying to hang himself in his cell, the jury heard.<\/p>\n
Ms Barton spoke to Mr Harvey through an observation flap, before making an emergency call to alert others.<\/p>\n
Mr Travers attended but prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC said no-one entered the cell as Mr Harvey “threatened to throw his television” at anyone who did.<\/p>\n
The court heard Mr Travers should have taken “immediate steps” to remove the noose and implement constant supervision, but this did not happen.<\/p>\n
Mr Harvey was found hanging in his cell at 21:58. He died at Milton Keynes Hospital five days later on 8 May.<\/p>\n
The court heard Mr Harvey had been found with a noose around his neck the day before he hanged himself, but on this occasion an officer entered the cell and removed it.<\/p>\n
As Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork plan was then implemented, which led to half hourly observations of Mr Harvey.<\/p>\n
On the day Mr Harvey hanged himself, his observations were reduced as he was deemed to be low risk.<\/p>\n
The trial continues.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"