An inquest into the death of a man found hanged in his prison while on remand in Wormwood Scrubs prison got under way on Monday (June 20).

Olawale Adelusi, 41, who was originally from Nigeria but lived in Bradford, hanged himself in his cell at Wormwood Scrubs prison on November 3 2014, and died 10 days later while in St Mary's Hospital in Paddington.

Mr Adelusi was arrested by police at Heathrow Airport on October 28, 2014 for possession of false documents and was put in custody at the airport, West London Coroner's Court was told.

He later appeared in Uxbridge Magistrates' court and was remanded in Wormwood Scrubs until his next court appearance, which was due to be in the middle of November.

However, prison officers found Me Adelusi hanging in his cell and rushed him to St Mary's hospital, where he remained in a coma until he died on November 13.

In a statement, Mr Adelusi's wife Stella Adedulsi, told the court how her husband was a family man who wanted to move from the UK to give his children a better upbringing.

Her statement said: "My husband wanted to leave the UK as he was fed up with the standard of life here and was looking and moving to Canada to give our three children a better upbringing.

"He was a hard working man who had a business buying and selling things on eBay.

"He had no history of depression or mental health issues."

'Behaved unpredictably'

The court today heard evidence from custody officer Sergeant Helen Murray, who was in charge of all 10 detention cells at Heathrow airport, where Mr Adelusi was held.

She told the jury how Mr Adelusi behaved unpredictably during his time there and refused to answer risk assessment questions, which resulted in him being detained in a cell with a glass door for observation.

Sgt Murray said: "Mr Adelusi was put into a cell with a glass door for constant observation.

"There are normally one or two who would be watching at a time, and in this instance there would have been two.

She also told the court that she felt that Mr Adelusi should have received a mental health observation, but this was not carried out as he refused to let the examination take place.

Sgt Murray also spoke of an incident during Mr Adelusi's time in custody at Heathrow where he tried to strangle himself using a T-shirt.

She told the court: "He had a T-shirt round his neck and officers took his shoes and shirt and handcuffed him to prevent Mr Adelusi from harming himself."

The inquest continues and will hear evidence from a total of 25 witnesses before it is expected to conclude on Monday (June 27).