by prisonsorguk | Nov 4, 2017 | Murder, Murder in Prison, Murder Trial, Prison - Pentonville
A Congolese immigrant accused of murdering a fellow Pentonville prison inmate planned to broker a “peace treaty” with him by offering to share his smuggled weed, a court heard. Basana Kimbembi, 35, allegedly stabbed Jamal Mahmoud (right), 21, in a dispute...
by prisonsorguk | Sep 8, 2016 | Deaths in custody, Murder in Prison, Prisons & Probation Ombudsman
The past year saw a 34% rise in prison suicides, more deaths from natural causes and the highest number of homicides in prison for many years, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen. Today he published his fifth and final annual report and warned that...
by prisonsorguk | Jan 16, 2016 | Deaths in custody, Male prisoners, Mental Illness, Murder, Murder in Prison, Prison - Wandsworth
A mentally ill prisoner has admitted battering his cell mate over the head with a television set as he awaited trial for a random attack on a walker at popular beauty spot. In June 2014, Taras Nykolyn, 46, pounced on Roger Maxwell as he took an early morning stroll...
by prisonsorguk | Aug 19, 2015 | Deaths in custody, Murder in Prison, Prison - Rochester, prisoner, Prisoners attacked by prisoners
A prisoner who attacked a fellow inmate causing his death a week later has been jailed for four years. Alastaire Scott, 23, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 28-year-old Frazer Stent at HMP Rochester and was jailed at Maidstone Crown Court. The fatal attack took...
