A man jailed for at least 36 years for the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa has been sentenced to an additional four and half years for stabbing a prison officer. Koci Selamaj received a life sentence in April 2022 for murdering Ms Nessa, 28, as she walked through Cator Park in Kidbrooke, south-east […]
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An inmate attacked two prison offers simply doing their job. Daniel See, of Runcorn, was incarcerated in HM Prison Risley when he carried out the assaults. The 32-year-old’s violent actions were captured on CCTV cameras inside the category C jail on Warrington Road however. He was subsequently charged with two counts of assault by beating […]
A man is set to face trial next year accused of sexually assaulting four prison guards at a Devon prison. Christopher Kerruish, 44, from Connaught Avenue, Mutley, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court on June 4 where he pleaded not guilty to nine charges. He is alleged to have exposed his genitals at the prison sometime […]
A prisoner who attempted to escape from custody while receiving hospital treatment has had his sentence extended. James Whitlock, 39, injured himself at HMP Whitemoor, near March, on August 20, 2022, and was taken for medical attention. It was decided the injuries to his neck were too severe to be treated in the prison, so […]
A Milton Keynes man who committed murder when he was 16 has assaultedd two female prison officers while serving his life sentence.Alfie Pride, now 20, blamed the violent attack on “having a bad day”. He is serving a life sentence in Swinfen Hall after he stabbed teenager Lewis Wenman to death on Springfield in November […]
A prisoner from Buckinghamshire who threw faeces and urine at an officer has seen his jail term extended. Andre Gibson, 22, of HMP Bullingdon, has been given an additional prison sentence of one year and nine months following a hearing at Oxford Crown Court on 24 May. He admitted to administering a substance with the […]
A prisoner serving a life sentence on the Isle of Wight will reattend court later this month, accused of assaulting two prison officers. David Lake, a serving prisoner at HMP Isle of Wight (Albany) but formally of Wellington, Somerset, attended the IW Magistrates’ Court via videolink on Friday, May 10. Lake is accused of two counts of […]
A female prison officer was left in ‘agony’ and was worried about going back to work after being assaulted by an inmate, a court heard. Anthony Nicholas, 28, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday, April 12 to admit assault by beating of an emergency worker whilst in prison at HMP Portland. Robert Salame, prosecuting, […]
A prisoner who bit off a prison officer’s earlobe in a row over a dressing gown has been jailed for an extra 36 months. Nathan Deacon 36, and inmate at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, bit the officer after he was challenged and restrained. Det Con Emma Purser said the victim was left “permanently disfigured”. […]
An inmate who touched a prison worker’s bottom has been given extra time behind bars. Scott Wood was serving time for assault when he touched the bottom of a female member of staff last November. The 44-year-old admitted the sexual assault and appeared at Telford Magistrates’ Court on April 2. Wood, of no fixed abode, […]
A prisoner convicted of the murder of a homeless man has had his sentence extended after breaking a prison officer’s jaw. Charlie White, 25, attacked the man from behind at HMP Whitemoor, March, Cambridgeshire, on 23 September 2022. Det Con Emma Purser said: “The ferocity of the attack has left the victim with ongoing nerve damage […]