Police have launched a full investigation into the death of Camp Street prisoner, Nolan Noble, who was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital on Saturday.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News in an invited comment yesterday that so far statements have been taken from prisoners and prison officers.

A post-mortem conducted on Wednesday showed that the prisoner died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Noble, 35, formerly of Fairs Rust, Mc Kenzie, Linden was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital around 1 pm. There were reports that there was a suspicious mark on his forehead and another behind his head. Hospital sources had told this newspaper that they were told that the man was epileptic and may have had an attack during which he fell and hit his head. When he arrived at the hospital, blood was oozing from his nose but according to reports there were no marks of violence on the body. The man had been suffering from mental illness for 11 years now and had had several brushes with the law, the most recent being a charge of murder.

Nolan Noble

Noble was on remand for the murder of Ricardo Allicock, who was killed on a basketball court at Christianburg in Linden several years ago. At the time of his death, the matter had not been completed.

Following his death his brother Royston called for a full investigation due to conflicting reports he had received from prison officials. The Guyana Prison Service has made nothing public since the publication of articles earlier in the week. When contacted yesterday Deputy Director of Prisons Poshanand Tahal said that the police are now handling the matter.

Royston during a recent interview with this newspaper had said that he has so far received two different accounts of how his brother may have died from two prison officials.