William Currie, 56, passed away at Shotts Prison almost three decades after he murdered 54-year-old Robert McCurtie in a horrific attack, during which he repeatedly stamped on his head and beat him with a hard object. He was jailed for life in 1993 for the killing, and later released on licence on September 2014, but he was recalled to prison after breaching conditions.
A post mortem later ruled that he died from heart disease, and that no precautions could have reasonably been taken by the prison service to prevent it. Details of criminal past were outlined in the report following the hearing in front of Sheriff John Hamilton at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
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