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A convicted murderer serving a life sentence behind bars has been killed by another prisoner inside a high-security jail.
It is the second breach in recent days to occur inside a British prison, after Hashem Abedi, the Manchester Arena terrorist, allegedly attacked three members of prison staff in Category A jail HMP Frankland.
John Mansfield was imprisoned in 2007 for the brutal murder of his 63-year-old neighbour Ann Alfanso, who he stabbed almost 100 times at her home in Manchester.
He received a second life sentence in 2014 after stabbing another inmate with a broken plate in a row during cooking chores.
Mansfield, who has 75 previous convictions, died after being attacked inside HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire on Sunday, 13 April.
The incident allegedly occurred inside the prison’s close supervision centre.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Police are investigating the death of prisoner John Mansfield at HMP Whitemoor on Sunday 13 April. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”
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