§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give brief details of all deaths in custody, including those in police stations, in Scotland since 1989.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 8 July 1994]: Details of deaths which occurred in custody since 1989 are provided in the following tables:
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Date of death Sex Age Force area Cause of death 1991 28 February 1991 Male 42 Strathclyde Pulmonary oedema and congestion 1 May 1991 Male 52 Strathclyde Intracerebral haematoma 25 July 1991 Male 62 Strathclyde Inhalation of regurgitated vomitus 28 July 1991 Male 32 Lothian and Borders Alcoholic cardiomyopathy 14 August 1991 Male 36 Strathclyde Fatty degeneration of the liver 28 November 1991 Male 30 Strathclyde Inhalation of gastric contents 1992 8 February 1992 Male 24 Strathclyde Hanging 13 April 1992 Male 59 Grampian Chronic alcoholism 25 April 1992 Male 25 Strathclyde Hanging 2 May 1992 Male 29 Grampian Hanging 24 June 1992 Male 58 Northern Ischaemic heart disease 9 July 1992 Male 19 Fife Hanging 29 September 1992 Female 54 Northern Meningitis 1 October 1992 Female 57 Lothian and Borders (1) Acute pulmonary oedema (2) Ischaemic heart disease (3) Previous myocardial infarction (4) Chronic obstruction airway disease 10 October 1992 Male 45 Strathclyde (1) Acute left ventricular failure (2) Myocardial ischaemic coronary artery thrombosis (3) Chronic alcohol abuse 7 December 1992 Male 29 Lothian and Borders (1) Chronic alcohol abuse (2) State of fits (3) Postural asphyxia 1993 6 January 1993 Male 26 Northern Head injury 14 March 1993 Male 34 Strathclyde Pulmonary oedema 4 April 1993 Male 53 Strathclyde Extral-dural haematoma head injury 12 June 1993 Male 36 Strathclyde Coronary artery atheoma 24 July 1993 Male 23 Grampian Hanging 28 August 1993 Male 29 Tayside Chronic intravenous drug abuse 29 September 1993 Male 68 Strathclyde Left ventricular failure 14 October 1993 Male 53 Strathclyde Sub-daral haemorrhage 24 October 1993 Male 40 Grampian (1) Sub-dural haematoma (2) Head injury 26 November 1993 Male 32 Lothian and Borders (1) Laryngeal obstruction (2) Inhalation of foreign body 1994 5 February 1994 Male 31 Strathclyde Sub-arachnid haemorrhage 30 March 1994 Male 38 Strathclyde (1) Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage (2) Hodgkins lymphoma (3) Intravenous drug abuse 14 April 1994 Male 52 Strathclyde Aspiration of gastric contents 17 April 1994 Male 45 Strathclyde (1) Gastro-intestinal haemorrhage (2) Rupture oesophageal varices (3) Alcoholic liver cirrhosis
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Penal custody Date of death Sex and age Sentence Establishment Cause of death 1989 7 February 1989 Male 39 Untried Barlinnie Self-inflicted wounds to left arm 5 March 1989 Male 31 Life Shotts Suicide by hanging 23 March 1989 Male 50 Untried Barlinnie Epileptic seizure 4 June 1989 Male 60 Untried Aberdeen Death by hanging 14 July 1989 Male 27 9 years Perth Death by hanging 26 July 1989 Male 23 2 years Shotts Death by hanging 18 August 1989 Male 33 9 years Edinburgh Not determined 3 December 1989 Male 17 3 months Polmont Death by hanging 24 December 1989 Male 49 5 years Shotts Subarachnoid haemorrhage 1990 31 January 1990 Male 49 12 years Shotts Coronary insufficiency and atherosclerosis 18 March 1990 Male 32 6 months Barlinnie Heart attack 9 June 1990 Male 30 Untried Barlinnie Death by hanging 28 June 1990 Male 52 Life Aberdeen Ischaemic heart disease 21 July 1990 Male 55 12 years Dungavel Murdered while on 48 hour home leave 29 July 1990 Male 55 Life Perth (1) Myocardial infarction (2) Coronary artery thrombosis (3) Coronary artery atherosclerosis 31 July 1990 Male 39 Life Barlinnie Death by hanging
Date of death Sex and age Sentence Establishment Cause of death 26 September 1990 Male 25 Untried Barlinnie Death by hanging 26 September 1991 Male 22 8 years Perth Infection of heart valve 13 November 1990 Male 37 9 months Barlinnie Bronchopneumonia and chronic alcoholism 9 December 1990 Male 44 42 months Shotts Inhalation of gastric contents due to acute morphine intoxication 1991 3 January 1991 Male 34 2 years Perth Self-strangulation 25 January 1991 Male 27 3 months Greenock Death by hanging 30 January 1991 Male 44 6 years Noranside Coronary artery thrombosis 11 April 1991 Male 22 5 years Shotts Endotoxic shock due to intestinal obstruction 17 April 1991 Male 61 3 months Greenock Heart attack 28 July 1991 Male 32 60 days Barlinnie Death by hanging 18 August 1991 Male 31 11 years Noranside Murdered while on home leave 20 August 1991 Male 37 4 years Shotts Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary artery atheroma 23 September 1991 Male 19 Untried Longriggend Death by hanging 8 December 1991 Male 24 9 months, 60 days and 5 years Shotts (1) Klebsiella pneumonia (2) Immune deficiency 1992 11 February 1992 Male 17 Untried Polmont Death by hanging 27 February 1992 Male 29 30 days Barlinnie Death by hanging 22 March 1992 Male 18 11 months Polmont Death by hanging 15 June 1992 Male 25 3 years Edinburgh Death by hanging 9 July 1992 Male 36 5 years and 5 years Edinburgh Death by hanging 25 August 1992 Male 30 Untried Dumfries Death by hanging 18 August 1992 Male 50 Life Shotts Cirrhosis of the liver 3 September 1992 Male 27 Untried Edinburgh Death by hanging 2 November 1992 Male 44 Untried Edinburgh Death by hanging 18 October 1992 Male 24 Untried Barlinnie Death by hanging 28 November 1992 Male 23 Untried Aberdeen Acute infective endocarditis 16 December 1992 Male 52 15 years Peterhead Fatal accident inquiry—Determination still awaited 23 December 1992 Male 39 3 years Peterhead Cardiac disease and cardiac enlargement 1993 8 January 1993 Male 43 Life Edinburgh Knocked over by van 13 January 1993 Male 22 Untried Greenock Death by hanging 7 April 1993 Male 29 Life Perth Death by hanging 6 May 1993 Male 42 3 months Low Moss Cardiac arrest following an epileptic fit 9 July 1993 Male 26 6 months Edinburgh Dihydracodeine poisoning 19 July 1993 Male 42 Life Perth Coronary artery thrombosis 22 August 1993 Male 45 Untried Edinburgh Fall from gallery 20 September 1993 Male 21 5 years Polmont Vasovagal inhibition due to hanging 17 December 1993 Male 23 Untried Barlinnie Death by hanging 1994 7 January 1994 Male 40 Untried Greenock Death by hanging 3 January 1994 Male 39 10 years Peterhead Metastatic Hodgkinsons Disease lymphoma 7 January 1994 Male 41 8 years Edinburgh Bronchial pneumonia and Aids 3 February 1994 Male 18 Untried Aberdeen Death by hanging