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Title: Suicide verdict for transsexual prisoner
Post by: Shana A on April 14, 2008, 12:55:18 PM
Suicide verdict for transsexual prisoner
By Mirror.co.uk  11/04/2008

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/04/11/suicide-verdict-for-transsexual-prisoner-89520-20380011/ (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/04/11/suicide-verdict-for-transsexual-prisoner-89520-20380011/)

A bullied transsexual prisoner hanged herself claiming she'd been "murdered by ignorance".

An inquest jury today returned a verdict of suicide on the death of Lisa Woodhall, 28 - discovered hanging by a shoelace at Eastwood Park women's prison, South Gloucestershire.