Murderer ‘beaten to death by rival inmate armed with weight in jail gym’

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour Ann Alfanso, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday (Picture: Bav medai/MEN Media)

A convicted murderer killed behind bars last weekend was bludgeoned with a weight in the high security prison’s gym, it has been claimed.

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour Ann Alfanso, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.