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Deportation prisoner was found hanged
A PENTONVILLE prisoner who was on remand for immigration offences killed himself just weeks after he was told he would be deported.
Delaili Kwadzo Abusah, 28, was found hanged in his cell in March last year. At an inquest into his death on Monday at St Pancras Coroner’s Court, confusion about his real name emerged after it was revealed the identity he went by in prison, Alfredo Castano-Fuentes, along with another made up alias, were not his real names.
Following contact with Mr Abusah’s family in Ghana, it was revealed he had given false names to the Prison Service and was not aged 24 as first thought. He was identified by photographs sent by his family, which matched pictures the Prison Service had on file for him.
He was arrested in north Wales and charged with entering the country illegally after he used a false passport.The court heard he was also served with a deportation notice two weeks before his death.
Julie Rogers, a senior officer at Pentonville who delivered the news of his deportation, said she spent five minutes with him, and he appeared to have expected the order.
“He caused me no cause for concern,” she said.
Coroner Dr Andrew Reid directed the jury to return a verdict of suicide. |
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