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Open verdict

Thursday 27 January 1994 00:02 GMT
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An inquest jury recorded an open verdict on David Stewart, 17, of Honiton, Devon, a remand prisoner who hanged himself at Exeter jail after inmates wrongly branded him as a sex offender. He had been awaiting sentence for criminal damage and breach of bail.

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