Graham Glennie

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Independent investigation
into the death of
Mr Graham Glennie,
a prisoner at HMP Whatton,
on 7 December 2024
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
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1. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman aims to make a significant contribution to
safer, fairer custody and community supervision. One of the most important ways in
which we work towards that aim is by carrying out independent investigations into
deaths, due to any cause, of prisoners, young people in detention, residents of
approved premises and detainees in immigration centres.
2. If my office is to best assist His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) in
ensuring the standard of care received by those within service remit is appropriate,
our recommendations should be focused, evidenced and viable. This is especially
the case if there is evidence of systemic failure.
3. In 2010, Mr Graham Glennie was sentenced to an imprisonment for public
protection (IPP) for sexual offences, with a minimum time he would spend in prison
of nearly three and a half years. He was released in March 2022. In January 2023,
Mr Glennie was recalled to prison. In August, he transferred to HMP Whatton, and
in November he was sentenced to 20 weeks imprisonment for failing to comply with
police requirements.
4. Mr Glennie died of metastatic cancer of unknown primary (when cancer spreads
around the body, but it is not possible to identify the original tumour location) on 7
December 2024, in hospital. He was 65 years old. We offer our condolences to
those who knew Mr Glennie.
5. NHS England commissioned an independent clinical reviewer to review Mr
Glennie’s clinical care at Whatton.
6. The clinical reviewer concluded that the clinical care Mr Glennie received at
Whatton was equivalent to that which he could have expected to receive in the
community. She found that Mr Glennie’s medical records contained evidence of
good, individualised management of long-term conditions and end of life care.
7. The PPO investigator investigated the non-clinical issues relating to Mr Glennie’s
care. We did not find any non-clinical issues of concern.
8. We make no recommendations.
9. The initial report was shared with HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).
HMPPS did not find any factual inaccuracies.
Adrian Usher May 2025
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
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Third Floor, 10 South Colonnade Email: mail@ppo.gov.uk T l 020 7633 4100
Canary Wharf, London E14 4PU Web: www.ppo.gov.uk
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