Alpha Kalay died in 2021 after multiple opportunities to care for him were missed by staff at HMP Hull, where he was serving a prison sentence.

The daughter of a former firefighter and Royal Navy officer who suffered an “inhumane, degrading and undignified death” in prison has settled a High Court legal claim for a five-figure sum.

Melanie Kalay took legal action against the Ministry of Justice and the City Health Care Partnership, which provides health and care services, under the Human Rights Act over the death of her father, Alpha Kalay.

Mr Kalay, who was born in Sierra Leone, died aged 74 on January 19 2021 after contracting Covid-19 while serving a sentence at HMP Hull in East Yorkshire.

Law firm Hodge Jones and Allen, which represented Ms Kalay, said prison staff were aware that

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