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British chef awaiting Costa del Sol murder trial found dead in prison cell
JUAN CANO / FERNANDO TORRES
The British chef Leigh Anthony Gardiner, aged 50, who was awaiting trial on the Costa del Sol for the murder of John Pender, an Irish acupuncturist, has been found dead in his Malaga prison cell with signs he had taken his own life. Gardiner was ... to leave the bar after the attack but was held back by security staff until National Police officers arrived and arrested him. Gardiner was sent to prison, without bail, on suspicion of murder and was still awaiting trial when he was found dead on