A PRISONER believed to have died in his cell regained consciousness inside a body bag just as a post-mortem was about to begin, according to sources from the jail in Villabona, Asturias (pictured).
Staff found the inmate, who had reported feeling unwell the night before, lying in his cell with no vital signs – no pulse, not breathing and no reflexes or responses.
Doctors at the prison certified his death, as did the judicial commission, and he was transferred to the Legal Medicine Institute in a body bag for the autopsy.
Funeral workers who transported the prisoner said they did not notice any signs of life, but as the pathologists unzipped the bag to start work, they noticed the man was still alive.
He is thought to have regained consciousness whilst on the table.
The patient has been admitted to Asturias Central Hospìtal, where the Guardia Civil has him under 24-hour custody.
