Solicitor 'mystified' over absence of prisoner's autopsy report from DPP file, inquest told

Michael Devlin was found unresponsive in his cell at Cloverhill Prison less than two months after his recapture following a period where he had been on the run for almost four years. File photo: Niall Carson/PA

A solicitor has told an inquest that he is “mystified” over why a Garda file on the death of a prisoner in custody was submitted to the DPP without including a copy of the post-mortem report.

Solicitor Michael Finucane made his comments during a preliminary hearing of the inquest into the death of Michael “Skin” Devlin – a father of five with an address in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, on February 21, 2024.