HC Deb 13 May 1986 vol 97 cc401-2W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his answer of 6 May, Official Report, columns 21–22, if he will call for a further report from the chief constable of Lincolnshire as to the whereabouts of diaries, a birth certificate, and papers relating to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise which were

Date of Death Circumstances of Death Inquest Verdict
20 January 1980 Found with plastic bag over head Suicide
31 March 1980 Refusal of food Self neglect (Misadventure)
22 April 1980 Found drowned in bath Murder
14 May 1980 Collapsed whilst playing basket ball Accidental death
26 December 1980 Hanging Suicide
24 June 1981 Acute necrotising myocarditis Natural causes
9 September 1981 Heart failure, following diabetic coma Misadventure
20 September 1981 Set fire to bedding Misadventure
30 October 1981 Carcinoma of rectum Natural causes
30 December 1981 Hanging Suicide
12 January 1982 Acute asthma Natural causes
20 January 1982 Hanging Suicide
7 July 1982 Hanging Lack of care
13 August 1982 Cerebral haemorrhage Natural causes
9 September 1982 Asthma Natural causes
11 October 1982 Hanging Suicide
21 October 1982 Hanging Suicide
22 November 1982 Brain damage No inquest held
23 November 1982 Hanging Suicide
7 December 1982 Coma Natural causes
3 February 1983 Strangled himself Misadventure
15 March 1983 Hanging Suicide
10 April 1983 Hanging Suicide
13 July 1983 Hanging Suicide
24 July 1983 Cancer of liver Natural causes
21 February 1984 Cerebral haemorrhage Natural causes
7 April 1984 Hanging Misadventure
19 May 1984 Hanging Suicide
20 June 1984 Hanging Suicide
9 July 1984 Asphyxia due to epileptic convulsion due to diabetic coma Natural causes
9 October 1984 Hanging Misadventure
16 October 1984 Inmate found stabbed Broncho pneumonia, Hepatic failure, Misadventure
21 December 1984 Hepatitis Natural causes
24 March 1985 Hanging Open verdict
13 April 1985 Killed in motor accident whilst on day visit Verdict not known
26 May 1985 Inmate collapsped and died after running in sports practice Natural causes
24 July 1985 Asthmatic attack Natural causes

seized from Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton and have neither been returned to them nor produced as evidence following disclosure for the committal proceedings.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I understand that all five birth certificates and some Customs and Excise documents seized by the police were returned to Mrs. Stapleton either direct on 26 February or through her solicitor on 19 and 21 March. The remainder of the Customs and Excise documents are being held by the police at the request of the liquidator. The diaries are being retained by the police as evidence in forthcoming criminal proceedings; representatives for the defence have been informed as to their availability for examination.