Gunman found dead in his cell

A MAN jailed for life for shooting a policeman has hanged himself in his cell, it emerged today.

David English, 21, fired three shots after being stopped by police as he rode a stolen motorbike in Peckham in March 2007.

One shot hit an officer in the chest but because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest he escaped serious injury.

English was serving time at Swaleside in Kent for possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing prohibited weapons.

He was found dead by prison officers just after 7am on Sunday. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is to conduct an investigation.