A prisoner at a high-security jail has launched a collection of disgusting assaults on workers, together with squirting excrement within the governor’s face.
Raheem Hussain, 30, had already threatened to kidnap one officer at HMP Frankland and take her to a pre-dug grave the place he would bury her. He additionally squirted foul-smelling liquid at one other, and spat into the face of a 3rd, experiences The Mirror.
Newcastle Crown Court heard the incidents occurred whereas Hussain – who’s serving an indefinite sentence for 5 robberies and an tried theft – was being held within the segregation unit on the Category A males’s jail on the outskirts of Durham. Notorious inmates have included Charles Bronson, little one killer Ian Huntley, and Levi Bellfield.
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In June 2012 Hussain was sentenced to 948 days – lower than three years – behind bars beneath the Imprisonment for Public Protection regime. However he has now served virtually 12 years.
In December 2015, he was convicted of a battery offence whereas caged and in September 2022 he was sentenced to 21 months for 4 offences of administering a noxious substance, which concerned him throwing urine and faeces at jail workers.
His newest batch of offending started on November 12, 2022, whereas within the segregation unit at Frankland, the place he had been positioned due to his behaviour. Prosecutor Chris Baker advised the courtroom that Hussain referred to as an officer a “sl*g” and “sl*t” made feedback about her look, including: “He threatened to knock her teeth out and went on to say he would wait for her outside prison, get hold of her number plate and track her to her address through a cousin who worked for the DVLA.
“He threatened to set her home on hearth, kidnap her, put duct tape round her mouth and take her to a area the place he had dug a grave and make her beg for her life earlier than burying her.” The court heard that the officer “believed each phrase he mentioned” and was left terrified.
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On November 17, 2022, Hussain bought his palms on an officer’s keys and inserted them into his anus. He was then subjected to a search and spat within the face of one of many officers. Then on January 4, 2023, Hussain squirted a foul liquid by means of the aspect of his cell door onto an officer who was stationed outdoors.
Mr Baker advised the courtroom: “This covered his face and neck. The liquid had a foul smell, the smell was so foul he had to dispose of his uniform.” Mr Baker additionally disclosed an incident on January 27: “As part of his duties, at 8.20am, he went to inspect the cell and approached the inspection hatch. As he did so he was squirted with excrement and liquid onto his face.”
The courtroom discovered the fluid bought into the governor’s eyes, nostril and mouth. He was rushed to hospital for booster jabs. However, he lived in months of concern going by means of steady assessments to verify if he had caught any harmful an infection, which brought about enormous misery to his family members.
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After being compelled to take months off work, he expressed in an influence notice: “I still don’t feel like the person I was before this assault.” His defence counsel, Cainan Lonsdale, defined that Hussain had been remoted for round 20 months and his psychological well being was at an “all-time low” and he was “suffering immensely”.
Mr Lonsdale additional elaborated: “Around two and a half thousand prisoners are serving indeterminate sentences, which are now accepted as inhumane. Former members of the Supreme Court recognise it as the greatest single stain on our criminal justice system.”
Hussain pleaded responsible to administering poison, two counts of assaulting an emergency employee and one public order offence. Recorder Abdul Iqbal KC sentenced Hussain to 34 months’ imprisonment.
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