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Murderer Simon Hall 'was found hanged after confession' | Murderer Simon Hall 'was found hanged after confession' |
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A killer who spent a decade protesting his innocence before confessing his guilt, was a "highly disturbed individual", his widow told an inquest. | A killer who spent a decade protesting his innocence before confessing his guilt, was a "highly disturbed individual", his widow told an inquest. |
Simon Hall, 36, was found hanged at Wayland Prison, Norfolk, in 2014. | Simon Hall, 36, was found hanged at Wayland Prison, Norfolk, in 2014. |
Hall, jailed for killing Joan Albert, 79, claimed his innocence until 2013 when he said he was "seriously violent" and there had been "sexual aspects" to the murder, the inquest heard. | |
His widow Stephanie said she had believed in Hall's innocence. | |
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Dr William Long, a senior forensic psychologist with the prison service, told Norfolk Coroner's Court that after he made his confession, Hall "had changed from resisting his conviction to a man that admitted he was seriously violent". | |
Meetings at Hollesley Bay Open Prison, where Hall was held before being transferred to Wayland after he took an overdose of his anti-smoking medication on 8 September 2013, he spoke openly about his issues and was under constant supervision. He was considered to be at high risk of suicide and self-harm. | |
Jurors have heard that Hall was also a user of Spice, a substance smoked by some inmates that was recently made illegal under new legislation. | |
Mrs Hall, who had campaigned for Hall to be cleared before his confession, said he was not "receiving the adequate help and support he needed". | |
She told the inquest: "The year after we married I publicly campaigned to clear his name, believing him to be a gross miscarriage of justice victim." | |
Mrs Hall told the jury when she first met Hall, he did nothing to suggest he had murdered Mrs Albert. | Mrs Hall told the jury when she first met Hall, he did nothing to suggest he had murdered Mrs Albert. |
She said she kept in touch with her husband after he confessed to the murder. | |
She said when he was in Hollesley Bay Prison, near Woodbridge, they spoke "all the time". | She said when he was in Hollesley Bay Prison, near Woodbridge, they spoke "all the time". |
'Didn't seem suicidal' | 'Didn't seem suicidal' |
By the time he moved to Wayland Prison, near Watton however, contact was "minimal". | By the time he moved to Wayland Prison, near Watton however, contact was "minimal". |
However, she said she had her final phone conversation with her husband, the night before he died. | However, she said she had her final phone conversation with her husband, the night before he died. |
"The telephone conversation ended with him telling me he loved me and I told him the same back. He certainly didn't seem suicidal," she said. | "The telephone conversation ended with him telling me he loved me and I told him the same back. He certainly didn't seem suicidal," she said. |
Mrs Albert, 79, was murdered at her home in Capel St Mary, near Ipswich, Suffolk, in December 2001. | Mrs Albert, 79, was murdered at her home in Capel St Mary, near Ipswich, Suffolk, in December 2001. |
The inquest continues. |
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