Report of the Inquiry into the circumstances of the Death of Bernard ...

7.52 The Prison Service investigators spoke to the resident Listener on K wing.
Listeners provided a confidential peer support scheme modelled on the Samaritans and
supervised by them. The K wing Listener said he had seen Sonny Lodge on his
reception on the wing and given him a card about the Listeners. Otherwise he just met
him on the landing and he seemed a “bouncy cheerful type”.
H wing then G wing
7.53 On 19 August Sonny Lodge was moved to H wing. The reason is not recorded.
On 21 August he was taken to B wing in the Bottom Prison but he recognised a prisoner
who was said to have assaulted his girlfriend so to avoid trouble he was moved to
another wing instead. This was G wing, back in the Top Prison.
7.54 Mr Gray shared cell G3-24 with Sonny Lodge. Mr Gray said he asked for Mr
Lodge to be put in his cell as they were friends outside. He told the Prison Service
investigators Sonny Lodge was always getting abuse from the officers. In oral evidence
to the inquest, Mr Gray said that during the week he and Sonny Lodge shared a cell on
G wing he was aware of officers getting at Mr Lodge.
7.55 Sonny Lodge reportedly told Officer Cowley, Officer Shaw and Father McCann
that he expected something to be planted during the cell search on 27 August.
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