AN inmate at the Lusignan Prison, who was charged with murder, received a fractured skull after being beaten by other inmates which resulted in his death at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on Friday.

According to the police, around 22:58hrs on Thursday, remanded murder accused Shaheed Ali was in Bay one of the Lusignan Prison when he was allegedly beaten by several other prisoners.

The 30-year-old of Albouystown, Georgetown was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was examined by a doctor.

He was admitted as a patient in the Male Surgical Ward where he died about 20:50hrs on Friday night.

Police said the prisoner underwent surgery for a fractured skull. His body is at the hospital mortuary awaiting an autopsy.