{"id":324,"date":"2020-03-26T03:31:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T02:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2020-03-26T03:31:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T02:31:25","slug":"84-year-old-sex-offender-becomes-first-uk-prisoner-to-die-from-coronavirus-as-cases-behind-bars-rise-to-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/84-year-old-sex-offender-becomes-first-uk-prisoner-to-die-from-coronavirus-as-cases-behind-bars-rise-to-19\/","title":{"rendered":"84-year-old sex offender becomes first UK prisoner to die from #coronavirus as cases behind bars rise to 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 84-year-old sex offender with underlying health conditions has become the first prisoner in the United Kingdom (UK) to be killed by the coronavirus<\/a>, reports have said.<\/p>\n

The convict was one of the country’s oldest inmates and died at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire three days ago.<\/p>\n

It is understood the deadly virus was only detected in the man, who has not been named, after he died in the category C prison.<\/p>\n

A source told the\u00a0Sun<\/a>: ‘There are a number of shared cells.\u00a0It’s not clear if others, including inmates and prison officers, have been affected.’<\/p>\n

It comes after\u00a0the Ministry of Justice confirmed earlier today that\u00a019 inmates across 10 UK prisons have tested positive for\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday it was announced prisons across England and\u00a0Wales<\/a>\u00a0would be shutting down jail visits in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

A number of prisons have already confirmed cases of the bug as figures soared across the UK and\u00a0Boris Johnson<\/a>\u00a0ordered Britons to stay inside.<\/p>\n

But anxiety inside jails over coronavirus continues to grow due to the close proximity of prisoners and fears staff will go off sick with the disease.<\/p>\n

Yesterday the Ministry of Justice confirmed visitors would no longer be allowed to enter the establishments in an effort to keep staff, inmates and families safe and protect the NHS’s ability to cope with the surge in coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n

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