North East attempted murderer found hanged in prison cell after suffering from Covid ‘anxiety’
A North Tyneside man who attempted to murder his stepbrother was found hanged in his prison cell after suffering from Covid “anxiety”. In 2017, Brendan Teague was jailed for 18 years after stabbing his stepbrother in an attempted killing. Teague had tricked his way into the North Shields home of unsuspecting Anthony Teague before brutally plunging a knife into him. He stabbed Anthony three times in the back and, believing he had killed him, fled the scene. As previously reported on Chronicle Live, when police arrested Teague later that day, he expressed surprise and disappointment that his stepbrother wasn’t dead. He then told officers he would “do a better job next time”. After being sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court, Teague, who had a history of attempted suicide and self-harm, substance misuse and depression with panic attacks, was transferred to HMP Garth in Lancashire. In December 2020, he contracted Covid and was hospitalised. A recently published prisons and probation ombudsman report found the diagnosis had a “traumatic impact” on him. The report said: “He suffered from …









