The arrests are connected to the death of 28-year-old Krishan Rawal from London, who died on Tuesday, January 27, after sustaining a wound at HMP Highpoint in stradishall. Mr Rawal was first taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Friday, January 23, with a wound to his right armpit believed to have been caused by another prisoner. […]
A man has been charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner. Tony Joynes, 47, was found dead in his cell at HMP Garth, near Leyland, on July 13 last year. An investigation was launched by police and an inmate aged in his 30s was arrested at the category B Lancashire prison later that month […]
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 […]
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 […]
A prisoner has admitted attempting to murder another inmate at a top security prison. Duncan Heaton, 53, appeared via videolink at Hull Crown Court earlier accused of attempting to murder Andong Abong Ashu at HMP Full Sutton, near York. The attack is said to have happened in May 2024. The court heard the defendant is […]
13th March 2026 A prisoner charged with the murder of Soham killer, Ian Huntley, has appeared at crown court. Anthony Russell, 43, appeared at Teeside Crown Court via a videolink from HMP Frankland, near Durham, for a 10 minute preliminary hearing today (March 12). Russell is charged with the single offence of murdering 52-year-old Ian […]
Ian Huntley died at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary after his life support machine was switched off. Whatever you think of him, the prison system is now legally bound to follow the same meticulous process it follows for every prisoner who dies in custody — including the mandatory offer to hold a memorial service inside the […]
A second inmate has denied murdering former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins in prison. Disgraced rock star Watkins died after an alleged attack last October at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences. On Friday 13th February, Rashid Gedel, 25, referred to as Rico Gedel in court, became the second […]
A second man has been arrested as part of a murder probe at a Suffolk prison. The inmate, a man aged in his 30s, at HMP Highpoint Prison in Stradishall is being quizzed by police after another prisoner died in an alleged attack. Suffolk police has confirmed a man aged in his 20s initially arrested […]
A murder investigation has been launched following an incident at HMP Highpoint Prison, in Stradishall. Detectives were called to Addenbrookes’ Hospital, in Cambridge, at 11.11am on Tuesday, January 27, following the death of a 28-year-old man. The deceased had been an inmate of HMP Highpoint Prison and had been admitted to Addenbrookes’ on Friday, January […]
A former New York state prison officer convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced on Friday 19th December 2025 to 25 years to life in prison. David Kingsley also received a 25-year sentence for a manslaughter conviction in the case. He […]
A prisoner charged with the murder of a fellow inmate at a high-security prison has appeared in court. Nathaniel Reece, 44, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court via prison video-link, where a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf after he left the room partway through proceedings. He is accused of the murder of John […]