How did paedophile Seán Leamy die in an Irish prison with no investigation?

Sean Leamy, 61, was found dead in the Midlands Prison on February 12, 2013. Mystery surrounds how he ended up dead on the floor of his cell with injuries to his head and blood coming from his mouth
Sean Leamy would never again see his home in Tulla, east Clare. Serving his first prison sentence, his life was just about to come to a premature end.

Sean Leamy would never again see his home in Tulla, east Clare. Serving his first prison sentence, his life was just about to come to a premature end.

The man on the CCTV footage shuffles around his landing at the Midlands Prison, helped on occasions by younger inmates. The footage taken exactly a decade ago appeared to portray just another day for the inmates on the new G wing.

For the apparently elderly man on the CCTV footage, the highlight of February 12, 2013, was to be a televised Uefa Cup game later in the evening — a far cry from his days of playing a central role in life in his native Clare, where he was once conductor of the famous Tulla Pipe Band.

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