<p>A Lithuanian national arrested in the UK for the twin murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his British wife in Birmingham earlier this month, was found hanging in jail, the police said on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“HMP Woodhill prisoner Rimvydas Liorancas was found hanging in his cell at 8:52am on Saturday 28 January,” a Prison Service spokesman said.<br /><br />He said the staff attempted resuscitation and paramedics attended but he was pronounced dead at 9:30am. “As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will conduct an investigation,” he said.<br /><br />The sensational murders of Kolar, 62, and Carole, 58, sparked off a major investigation called ‘Operation Tiler’ by the West Midlands Police.<br /><br />Their bodies were found by their police detective son Jason Kolar in their house on January 10. Liorancas, 37, was arrested on January 16, and charged with the two murders.</p>
<p>A Lithuanian national arrested in the UK for the twin murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his British wife in Birmingham earlier this month, was found hanging in jail, the police said on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“HMP Woodhill prisoner Rimvydas Liorancas was found hanging in his cell at 8:52am on Saturday 28 January,” a Prison Service spokesman said.<br /><br />He said the staff attempted resuscitation and paramedics attended but he was pronounced dead at 9:30am. “As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will conduct an investigation,” he said.<br /><br />The sensational murders of Kolar, 62, and Carole, 58, sparked off a major investigation called ‘Operation Tiler’ by the West Midlands Police.<br /><br />Their bodies were found by their police detective son Jason Kolar in their house on January 10. Liorancas, 37, was arrested on January 16, and charged with the two murders.</p>