AN investigation is set to be launched after the death of a young inmate at Aylesbury prison.

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate the death of George Emmett, 25, who died at the facility on May 25 this year.

He was jailed in 2016 for eight years, at the age of 18, for kidnapping and assaulting a woman with the use of weapons.

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A spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice confirmed Emmett’s death to The Bucks Herald.

A statement read: “George Emmett died at HMP Aylesbury on May 25, 2023. As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.”

No date has been set for a full inquest.

Emmett was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court, along with a co-defendant, for punching a woman in the face and hitting her with a dog chain.

The court heard that her hands were tied together using duct tape and a sock was stuffed in her mouth.

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Investigating officer Detective Constable Matthew Lincoln said after Emmett’s sentencing: "These are quite possibly the most callous acts of violence I have ever investigated in 15 years as a police officer.

"It is a truly shocking case in which two men viciously assaulted a woman in an argument over money.”