A 19-year-old man who was to have been transferred from the Bridgeport Police lock-up after being convicted for housebreaking and larceny, was found hanging by a piece of cloth from a grille on Wednesday.
Dead is Shane Stamp of Power Lane, Newlands, St Catherine.
Reports reaching the CCN are that Stamp appeared before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court and was sentenced to one year in prison. He was taken to the Bridgeport Police lock-up, pending his transfer to a correctional centre.
About 7:20 p.m., police personnel visiting the cell found Stamp hanging from the grille. He was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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