Walkway, Verne immigration removal centre (HMIP)
A young man who died in immigration detention may have suffered a rare disease leading to his death, an inquest heard today.
Bruno Dos Santo, 25, was found dead in his cell at the Verne Immigration Removal Centre in Portland on 4 June 2014. The jury inquest, sitting at Dorchester County Court, heard evidence that following a serious road accident aged 10 in 1998, Dos Santos experienced a change in personality, becoming more aggressive and suffered severe epileptic fits. He was depressed and had tried to take his own life.
