Jonny Humphries & James Mountford BBC News Lancashire Police Lenny Scott had been threatened by a prisoner four years before his death, a jury heard A former prison officer was shot dead in an “act of retaliation” four years after seizing a mobile phone from a prisoner’s cell, a jury heard. Lenny Scott, 33, was...
Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images A 25-year-old prison officer was attacked, police confirmed A prison officer has undergone emergency surgery, the BBC has been told, after being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at a high security prison. Emergency teams were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton,...
An inmate armed with a plastic prison knife who took a Dartmoor prison officer hostage has been jailed. Scott Patterson handcuffed the warder and held him for three hours during the attack at HMP Dartmoor in July 2023. Patterson, 37, admitted false imprisonment, assaulting an emergency worker and possessing an offensive weapon in prison. Judge...
The Prison Service will conduct a snap review into whether protective body armour should be made available to front-line staff, the justice secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood’s announcement comes after Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at prison officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at HMP Frankland on Saturday. In a statement,...
A prison officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham has told the BBC “there needs to be an urgent change in security measures” across all prisons or staff will die. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at the prison on Saturday....
Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridgeshire Supplied John Mansfield was jailed for a minimum of 30 years after admitting to murder in 2007 A serving prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a convicted killer was found dead at a high-security prison. The body of John Mansfield was found at HMP Whitemoor, near March...
A prison governor accused of being in a relationship with a gang boss inmate said she had always been a “hands-on” person, but denied any wrongdoing. Kerri Pegg, 42, was allegedly gifted a £12,000 Mercedes car by Anthony Saunderson, who used the name Jesse Pinkman, a meth dealer in the TV show Breaking Bad, during...
PA Media Kerri Pegg denies misconduct in a public office and possessing criminal property A prison governor was in a relationship with the boss of a drug-dealing gang who went by the name of a character from hit US crime drama Breaking Bad, a court has heard. Kerri Pegg, 42, was given a £12,000 Mercedes...
PA Media It is alleged Kerri Pegg approved the release of inmate Anthony Saunderson even though she did not have the authority to do so A prison governor began a relationship with a drug dealer who gave her a £12,000 Mercedes car after she approved his early release on licence from jail, a court heard....