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Man jailed for Winnipeg murder dies in prison

A news release from Correctional Service Canada says a man jailed for a Winnipeg murder died Saturday. File/The Canadian Press

James Wilfred Green, who was imprisoned for second-degree murder following a Winnipeg stabbing death, has died at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford.

Green, 62, died Saturday, said a news release from Correction Service Canada. A cause of death wasn’t released.

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Green was imprisoned in January 1996.

News reports from the time indicate he was charged with murder after a neighbour in the hotel where he was living was beaten and repeatedly stabbed in the back.

The coroner and the prison are investigating Green’s death.

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