Kristopher Tilbury

PFD Report Historic (No Identified Response) Ref: 2023-0331Deceased
Date of Report 8 September 2023
Coroner Jonathan Stevens
Coroner Area Hertfordshire
Response Deadline est. 3 November 2023
No published response · Over 2 years old
Response Status
Responses 0 of 2
56-Day Deadline 3 Nov 2023
Over 2 years old — no identified published response
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Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Coroner's Concerns AI summary
HMP The Mount failed to control illicit drug supply, including psychoactive substances, leading to high availability even on a 'Wellbeing Wing' and multiple subsequent drug-related deaths.
Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
On 24th September 2019 Senior Coroner Geoffrey Sullivan commenced an investigation into the death of KRISTOPHER COREY JAMIE LEE TILBURY [age 29]. The investigation concluded at the end of a jury inquest on 31"'August 2023. The conclusion of the jury at the inquest was that death was a consequence of smoking and consuming alcoholwhilst detained in prison, to which the availability of alcohol and illicit drugs within the Wellbeing Wing contributed.
Circumstances of the Death
The circumstances of death recorded by the jury at the inquest were that Kristopher Corey Jamie Lee Tilbury died of respiratory depression as a consequence of smoking and consuming alcoholwhilst detained in his prison cell at HMP The Mount between the evening of 23'o September/early mornin g of 24th September. He was found with a mobile phone in his hand and drug paraphernalia nearby in his cell with the smell of in the air. The jury also recorded that despite Mr Tilbury's known drug and alcohol issues and residing on the prison's additionally supported Wellbeing Wing, drug paraphernalia was found in his cell including and evidence of 'shamboiling'.
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Data sourced from Courts and Tribunals Judiciary under the Open Government Licence.