A Nottingham Prison inmate's death has been ruled as natural by a jury following a three-day inquest. Charleston John Cullen died aged 54 at Nottingham City Hospital on May 25, 2022, while he was a prisoner at HMP Nottingham, serving a life sentence for arson.
He remained in prison until September 2019, when he was released a second time. He was recalled again, however, due to a breach of his conditions. Coroner Burge went on to explain in his summary of the evidence that there was no evidence to suggest third-party involvement in the death and no evidence of any serious long-term injury as a result of a fall Cullen had taken recently. There was also no evidence of negligence from the prison or to suggest that Cullen brought about his own death.