A man strangled to death in his cell in Cloverhill Prison has been named as Mark Lawlor (37), a Dublin criminal with a history of mental illness. A man in his 50s and known to gardaí in the north east has been arrested over the killing. The dead man was in prison arising from a theft charge and the suspect for the killing was in jail in relation to a criminal damage charge. A number of other prisoners in cells close to where the dead man was killed heard a disturbance and alerted prison staff. The dead man was in Cloverhill prison arising from a theft charge.

Source: The Irish Times November 24, 2019 15:56 UTC