Inmate charged after murderer found dead in prison

A prisoner has been charged with murder after a convicted killer was found dead at a high-security prison.

The body of John Mansfield, 63, was found at HMP Whitemoor, near March in Cambridgeshire, at about 16:10 BST on 13 April.

Mansfield was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour, Ann Alfanso, at her flat in Whalley Range, Manchester.

Whitemoor inmate Nathaniel Reece, 44, formerly from Islington, London, has been charged with murder and will appear at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on 20 November via video link.

A post-mortem examination conducted at Addenbrooke's Hospital concluded that Mansfield died as a result of a head injury.

He was jailed for a minimum of 30 years after pleading guilty to murdering Ms Alfanso, who was found dead by her carer at her home in August 2006.

A post-mortem examination found she had 97 wounds, bruises and cuts on her body as a result of the attack.

In 2014, Mansfield was given a second life term after stabbing another prisoner with a broken plate at HMP Full Sutton, near York.

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