German found dead in lock-up identified

The German man found hanged at the Floriana police lock-up on Saturday night has been identified as 36-year-old Marlon Oto Kai Hanratty from Stuttgart, the police have confirmed.
The grim discovery was made hours before Mr Hanratty was due to be arraigned over drug possession and theft. This was the second incident of a death at the police lock-up in three months.
In his first reaction, Police Commissioner Michael Cassar declined to divulge the man’s name, saying his next of kin had not yet been informed of his death.
The police chief described the deceased man as an unemployed, homeless drug addict who had been living in Malta for three months.
The commissioner added that the circumstances of the case indicated the he had committed suicide. The man’s identity was not revealed until yesterday afternoon when the Times of Malta filed an official request.
The German man had been arrested in Msida at about 6pm on Saturday after his behaviour fuelled suspicion. He was taken to the Sliema police station and then to Mater Dei Hospital, as he had requested methadone treatment.

Finally he was transferred to the police lock-up in Floriana, where he was found dead at 10.40pm.
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