Gangster found dead in Mountjoy had taken cocaine shortly before death

"David 'Frog Eyes' Stanners was found unresponsive in his cell on the prison's D3 landing"

"A postmortem on the body of a major Limerick gangland figure, who died in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin two years ago, revealed he had severe heart disease and had taken cocaine shortly before his death."

"A sitting of Dublin District Coroner's Court heard David Stanners (51), formerly of Delmege Park, Moyross, Limerick, was found unresponsive in his cell on the prison's D3 landing just before midnight on October 25, 2023."

David Stanners, aged 51 and formerly of Delmege Park, Moyross, Limerick, was found unresponsive in his cell on Mountjoy Prison's D3 landing just before midnight on October 25, 2023. A postmortem examination determined that he had severe heart disease and that cocaine had been taken shortly before his death. The matter was addressed at a sitting of Dublin District Coroner's Court. The forensic findings linked both underlying cardiac pathology and recent cocaine use to the circumstances surrounding his death in custody.

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