STRATHCLYDE Police said yesterday that a 42-year-old man had died while in custody at Greenock Police Station.

Mr Hugh O'Brien, of Antigua Court, Greenock, was taken ill in a cell at the station around 8pm yesterday. An ambulance was immediately called but, despite efforts to save him, he died. Police said that relatives had been informed and there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. A full report will be submitted to the procurator-fiscal, and a post-mortem examination held.