§
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[pursuant to his reply, 5 May 1994 c. 620]: The chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, has written further to the hon. Member.
Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 23 May 1994:
I wrote to you on 5 May in response to your Question about self-inflicted deaths in Scottish penal establishments and undertook to forward details of the prisoners' offence or alleged offence. These are now included in the table below which, for ease of reference, also repeats the information given in my earlier letter and takes the opportunity to correct one minor mistake which appeared there, for which I apologise.
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| Date |
Name |
Age |
Establishment |
Sentence or remand |
Determination |
| 1983 |
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| 16 January 1983 |
John Leinsler Stewart |
34 |
Peterhead |
6 years |
Overdose |
| Assault with intent to rape |
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| Breach of peace |
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| 14 February 1983 |
William McGlinchey |
20 |
Longriggend |
Remand |
Cell fire, asphyxiation |
| Assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement |
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| Attempting to pervert the course of justice |
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| 15 April 1983 |
Edward Witts Graham |
23 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement |
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| Assault, Contravention of Bail Act |
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| 6 July 1983 |
John Beagan |
51 |
Edinburgh |
Life |
Hanging |
| Murder |
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| 14 August 1983 |
Robert King |
18 |
Glenochil YOI |
3 years |
Hanging |
| Contravention of Road Traffic Act |
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| Culpable and Reckless driving |
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| Assault to injury |
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| 28 August 1983 |
Thomas Mochar |
26 |
Barlinnie |
20 months |
Hanging |
| Theft by housebreaking and opening a lockfast place |
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| Reset, Contravention of Misuse of Drugs Act x 2, Uttering |
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| 1984 |
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| 16 January 1984 |
Hugh Morrow |
35 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Murder |
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| 16 February 1984 |
William McDonald |
16 |
Glenochil DC |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Theft, Assault x 2 |
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| 2 March 1984 |
Joseph Kerr |
39 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Breach of Peace |
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| 27 September 1984 |
Martyn Liston |
27 |
Edinburgh |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Robbery |
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| 15 November 1984 |
Arthur Padden |
48 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Inhalation of toxic fumes in cell fire |
| Contravention of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1972 Section 50(1) |
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| 1985 |
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| 26 January 1985 |
Kenneth Peter Isherwood |
47 |
Perth |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Breach of Peace |
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| 18 February 1985 |
Angus Stewart Boyd |
17 |
Glenochil DC |
3 months |
Hanging |
| Breach of Peace x 2 |
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| Police Assault x 2 |
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| Contravention of Criminal Justice Act |
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| Contravention of Civic Government Act |
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| 24 February 1985 |
Robert Kelly |
38 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| 3 x Lewd and Libidinous Practices |
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| 13 April 1985 |
Derek John Richard Harris |
16 |
Glenochil YOI |
3 months |
Hanging |
| Vandalism, Breach of Peace, Theft by opening a lockfast place |
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| Contravention Road Traffic Act |
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| 2 June 1985 |
John Stanley Buchanan |
25 |
Barlinnie |
6 years |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery |
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| 20 June 1985 |
John Joseph Sinclair |
33 |
Barlinnie |
5 years |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery |
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| 1986 |
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| 16 February 1986 |
William Myles Moorehouse |
25 |
Perth |
5 years |
Jumping |
| Assault, Contravention of Bail Act (Scotland) |
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| 24 March 1986 |
Frank Lee |
18 |
Edinburgh |
Remand |
Hanging |
| 2 x Assault and Robbery |
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| Contravention of Bail Act (Scotland) |
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| 22 April 1986 |
Jack Blake |
55 |
Barlinnie |
Life |
Jumping |
| Assault to severe injury and danger of life |
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| Date |
Name |
Age |
Establishment |
Sentence or remand |
Determination |
| 11 June 1986 |
Jean Margaret McLean |
27 |
Cornton Vale |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Breach of Peace |
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| Contravention of Police (Scotland) Act x 5 |
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| 16 June 1986 |
Christopher Phillips |
27 |
Barlinnie |
18 months |
Hanging |
| Theft by housebreaking x 2 |
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| Housebreaking with intent x 12 |
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| Attempted housebreaking with intent x 5 |
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| 6 July 1986 |
John Hendry Swindle |
22 |
Perth |
3 years |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery x 6 |
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| Theft and housebreaking x 3 |
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| Assault and Attempted Robbery |
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| 21 August 1986 |
Jarvis Torrance |
50 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Breach of the Peace |
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| 1987 |
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| 3 June 1987 |
Peter Barnes |
26 |
Edinburgh |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Abduction with assault and robbery |
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| Assault, theft by opening lockfast place |
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| 1 August 1987 |
Terence Bryce |
29 |
Barlinnie |
6 months |
Hanging |
| Assault |
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| 30 October 1987 |
Gerald Stafford |
31 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery |
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| Contravention of Bail Act (Scotland) |
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| 31 October 1987 |
Thomas William Kerr |
17 |
Dumfries |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Theft of Motor Vehicle, Contravention of Road Traffic Act 1972 |
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| 5 November 1987 |
John William Dwyer |
34 |
Glenochil |
Life |
Hanging |
| Murder |
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| 28 December 1987 |
Kenneth Alexander Heron |
21 |
Glenochil |
4 years |
Inhalation of vomit, asphyxia and solvent abuse |
| Assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement |
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| 28 December 1987 |
Anthony Boyle |
23 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Theft of Motor Vehicle, Contravention of Road Traffic Act, Assault and Robbery |
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| 1988 |
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| 30 January 1988 |
Hugh McGarvie |
26 |
Barlinnie |
3 months + 3 months c/c |
Hanging |
| Attempted housebreaking with intent |
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| Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| 3 March 1988 |
Alexander Nicol |
29 |
Barlinnie |
3 months |
Hanging |
| Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| To be detained on rape warrant thereafter |
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| 27 March 1988 |
George Smart |
49 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Murder |
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| 5 June 1988 |
Ian Barrie Connor |
25 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Culpable Homicide |
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| 14 June 1988 |
Gordon McRae |
27 |
Glenochil |
3 years |
Hanging |
| Lewd and indecent behaviour x 2 |
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| 1 July 1988 |
Alan McGavin |
24 |
Barlinnie |
Life |
Hanging |
| Murder |
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| 13 August 1988 |
John McLean |
30 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Assault, Contravention Criminal Justice Act x 2 |
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| Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| 1989 |
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| 7 February 1989 |
George Ferguson |
39 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Self-inflicted wounds to left arm |
| Hamesuckin, rape and robbery |
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| Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| 5 March 1989 |
Martin McRae |
31 |
Shotts |
Life |
Hanging |
| Murder, Assault to Severe Injury and Permanent Disfigurement |
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26W27W
| Date |
Name |
Age |
Establishment |
Sentence or remand |
Determination |
| 4 June 1989 |
James Welsh |
59 |
Aberdeen |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Lewd and Libidinous behaviour x 3 |
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| 14 July 1989 |
Derek Wood |
26 |
Perth |
9 years |
Hanging |
| Misuse of Drugs Act |
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| 26 July 1989 |
Philip McVeigh |
22 |
Shotts |
2 years |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery |
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| 3 December 1989 |
William Diffin |
18 |
Polmont |
3 months |
Hanging |
| Theft by Housebreaking and opening a lockfast place |
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| 1990 |
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| 9 June 1990 |
Edward Ronald |
30 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Attempted Housebreaking with intent |
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| Theft, Theft by Housebreaking |
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| 31 July 1990 |
Robert Wilson Campbell |
39 |
Barlinnie |
Life |
Hanging |
| Murder, Misuse of Drugs Act |
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| 26 September 1990 |
Archibald McCallum |
25 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Self strangulation |
| Misuse of Drugs Act, Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| 1991 |
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| 3 January 1991 |
Raymond Langlands |
34 |
Perth |
2 years |
Hanging |
| Contravention of Firearms Act |
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| 25 January 1991 |
Thomas McDougall |
27 |
Greenock |
3 months |
Hanging |
| Theft by housebreaking, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| 28 July 1991 |
Thomas Hutchison |
32 |
Barlinnie |
60 days |
Hanging |
| Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| 23 September 1991 |
Ernest M. S. Craig |
19 |
Longriggend |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Theft of Motor Vehicle, Contravention of Road Traffic Act |
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| 1992 |
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| 11 February 1992 |
Steven Greig |
19 |
Polmont |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Housebreaking and Malicious Damage |
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| Breach of Peace |
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| Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| (Outstanding Rape Warrant) |
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| 27 February 1992 |
John Galbraith |
31 |
Barlinnie |
30 days |
Hanging |
| Breach of Peace |
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| Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
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| (Outstanding charges of assault to severe injury and attempted murder) |
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| 22 March 1992 |
Peter Nichol Goldie |
19 |
Polmont |
5 months, 4 months, 3 months c/c |
Hanging |
| Contravention of Road Traffic Act |
|
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| Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act |
|
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|
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| Theft of Motor Vehicle |
|
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| 15 June 1992 |
Richard Simon Lowe |
26 |
Edinburgh |
3 years |
Hanging |
| Indecent Assault |
|
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| 9 July 1992 |
Syrup Metha Ullah |
37 |
Edinburgh |
5 years + 5 years c/c |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery |
|
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|
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| Contravention of Firearms Act 1968 |
|
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| 25 August 1992 |
Philip Goulding |
31 |
Dumfries |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Assault, Murder, Attempting to pervert the course of justice |
|
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| 3 September 1992 |
William McLeod |
28 |
Edinburgh |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Assault and Robbery x 2 |
|
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|
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| Contravention of Firearms Act |
|
|
|
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| 18 October 1992 |
Anthony Shivers |
25 |
Barlinnie |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act x 2 |
|
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| 2 November 1992 |
John Sime |
45 |
Edinburgh |
Remand |
Hanging |
| Rape |
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