Prisoner who died in detention 'should have been hospitalised'

A Coroner's Court in the North has ruled a prisoner who died days after being locked up should have been sent to hospital.

Inadequate monitoring was highlighted by jurors after wheelchair-bound Stephen Doran, 69, was put in high-security Maghaberry prison after being convicted of sex offences, including against children.

He arrived in poor condition from serious lung disease in June 2008, was transferred to the prison healthcare centre and died four days later.

Senior coroner John Leckey said a hospital may have discovered the infection sooner.

The jury said the decision to take the man to prison was incorrect and he should have gone to hospital and been more closely monitored.