A PRISONER at HMP Hewell in Tardebigge has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a fellow inmate.

West Mercia Police were called to the Hewell Lane jail at 5.15pm on Tuesday (January 23), after receiving a report that a 39-year-old man had died.

Officers arrested an inmate on suspicion of murder and launched an investigation into the death.

The dead inmate has since been named by police as Luke Derriman, who died on Tuesday night at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

Fellow inmate James Johnson was today (Friday) charged with manslaughter.

Mr Derriman’s family have been informed and have asked for privacy at this time.