Four men in court over death of prisoner 'pushed from balcony' at HMP Addiewell
Kyle Byrne, 33, Kadil Huseen, 34, Craig Munro, 38 and Dylan Rigby, 23, appeared at Livingston Sheriff Court on Friday.
Four men have appeared in court over the death of a prisoner who was allegedly " pushed from a balcony" at HMP Addiewell.
Kyle Byrne, 33, Kadil Huseen, 34, Craig Munro, 38 and Dylan Rigby, 23, appeared at Livingston Sheriff Court on Friday. All four were charged with culpable homicide and made no plea.
The case was committed for further examination. All men will be remanded in custody and are due to reappear in court within the next eight days.
It comes after police were called to the West Lothian jail after receiving reports of a disturbance in December last year. Cops attended and inmate Lewis Spence, 28, was found with serious injuries.
Spence was raced to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where he later died. Police initially treated the death as 'unexplained'.
The Scottish Prison Service said a report would follow to the Procurator Fiscal and a Fatal Accident Inquiry be held in due course. Spence, 28, was serving time for a violent attempted murder of a 40-year-old in Edinburgh in September 2020.
A statement from SPS said: " Lewis Spence, 28, of HMP Addiewell, has died on 18 December 2024. With each death in custody, Police Scotland are advised and the matter reported to the Procurator Fiscal. Fatal Accident Inquiries are held in due course."
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