DORCHESTER, N.B. – An inmate serving a life sentence in a New Brunswick prison for sex-related offences has died.
The Dorchester Penitentiary says Robert Sheehan died Saturday of natural causes.
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In a statement, the prison says the 77-year-old man had been receiving treatment following an extended, undisclosed illness.
Sheehan began serving his sentence on May 7, 1997.
Dorchester Penitentiary is a medium-security facility that can house up to 392 men.
A spokeswoman for the prison was not immediately available for comment.
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