A serving inmate has been handed a further sentence after he threw boiling water over an officer in a Northamptonshire prison and hit him with a kettle. Benjamin Scott, formerly of Sheffield, appeared at Northampton Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to one count of Section 18 – GBH with intent. At about 9.30am on […]
A former prison officer formed a relationship with an ex-inmate but he later repeatedly attacked her in her home. Ex-chef, Scott Norman, 36, of Dale Street, Scunthorpe admitted an offence of intentional strangulation and threatening to damage her bed by burning it. He also admitted two offences of assault causing actual bodily harm and possession of […]
Two Isle of Wight prison officers were left bloodied and with lacerations after a convicted rapist, previously described as ‘a woman’s worst nightmare’, launched a vicious knife attack on them. Ian Ochieng, 33, of HMP Wakefield, appeared via videolink at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, March 24. He admitted two counts of […]
Ahmed Ali Alid, 47, is accused of the attempted murder of Roderic Vassie in an incident at HMP Full Sutton on August 8 last year. Westminster Magistrates Court heard Alid, a Moroccan national, is accused of having a knife and using it to “slice” the top of Mr Vassie’s head before attempting to stab him […]
Parliament is today (26th March 2026) debating whether all prison officers in England and Wales should be issued mandatory body armour — a campaign that began with one stabbed officer’s refusal to wait for a fatality. Claire Lewis, a former officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham, was stabbed in the back with a broken […]
An inmate has been charged with the attempted murder of a prison officer. Ahmed Ali Alid is also charged with ABH and possessing an offensive weapon. The 47-year-old Moroccan has been charged after prison staff were left injured. The incidents occurred at HMP Full Sutton on August 8, last year, and at HMP Wakefield on […]
The government just published the most revealing set of prison statistics in years — and almost nobody noticed. The figures reveal the cumulative years of service held by prison officers in England and Wales every year since 2010. The numbers are stark. In 2010, England and Wales had 24,501 prison officers holding a combined 329,353 […]
A prisoner on a life sentence punched a prison officer in the jaw, in what he later admitted was a deliberate attempt to escape rife drug use on his prison wing, an Isle of Wight court was told. Daniel Plain appeared via video link from HMP Isle of Wight on Tuesday (March 10), admitting assaulting […]
A violent inmate left a prison officer fighting for his life after savagely attacking with a makeshift weapon. Nottingham Crown Court heard how Reece Sinclair fashioned broken shards of porcelain into a makeshift weapon and used it to strike the back of the officer’s head. After carrying out the brutal assault, the 25-year-old said he’d […]
A convicted murderer who repeatedly stabbed a prison officer with a plastic knife at a top security jail has had years added to his sentence. Moustapha Dia, 28, who was serving a life sentence for killing his sister-in-law, approached the prison officer, who was locking doors on a wing of HMP Whitemoor at about 2pm […]
An Isle of Wight prison inmate, jailed after targeting prostitutes in Coventry, threw boiled sugar over a prison officer. The case of Andit Tekelemariam, of HMP Isle of Wight, went before Island magistrates on Tuesday, February 10. The 35-year-old admitted a charge of assault by beating of an emergency worker, in Newport, on November 26 […]
A convicted robber sprayed urine in the face of a prison officer when he became frustrated about not being able to use the phone, a court heard. Aaron Mair filled a shampoo bottle with urine before walking towards the officer and dousing him it, Teesside Crown Court heard. The 27-year-old was quickly detained and taken […]