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A prisoner who murdered a dad-of-six from Manchester has died in a young offenders institution aged 18.

Jordan Tams died on October 18 after being locked up in Barnard Castle, County Durham. He was one of three teenagers found guilty of the murder of Gary Belfield at Newcastle Crown Court.

He was residing at young offender institution HMP Deerbolt at the time of his death, with the Prison Service confirming that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will now investigate the circumstances.

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Jordan Tams, of Wesley Court, Felling, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 26 years, for his part in the killing of the 40-year-old dad, originally from Manchester, who was found to have been stabbed 11 times, ChronicleLive

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