The inquest into the death of the teenager who was found hanged in a Worcestershire prison has been opened and adjourned.
County Coroner Victor Round, yesterday said Kathryn Jones, aged 19, who was from Malvern, was found in her single occupancy cell at HMP Brockhill, near Bromsgrove, on Friday, October 15, hanging from a bed sheet attached to a metal conduit in the ceiling.
Miss Jones, who was on remand for attempted murder, was not on suicide watch.
She was found during routine cell checks.
Mr Round adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.
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