Absolutely Fuming

[Perthyltonian]

Fckn unbelievable. No the wonder I emigrated. Having worked at Frankland Prison for 8 and a half years and now reading all this shite about beating prisoners up and racism. Jury members your time will come, when you too are a victim of violent crime....Maybe then the penny may drop in this travesty of justice.
Heart goes out to my former colleagues.
Read below if you can be bothered or care.....





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A man serving life for three murders has been cleared over a prison attack in which he stabbed three guards.

Kevan Thakrar, 24, admitted lashing out at the guards with a broken bottle at Frankland Prison, County Durham, but claimed it was in self-defence.

Thakrar, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder and three counts of wounding with intent at Newcastle Crown Court.

Ex-Frankland governor David Thompson hit out at the verdict.

Thakrar is serving a life sentence for the drug-related murder of three men and the attempted murder of two women in 2007.

The court heard he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of previous prison experiences.

Thakrar was accused of trying to murder officers Craig Wylde and Claire Lewis and the wounding with intent of a third guard, Neil Walker, in March last year.

He claimed he attacked the officers in self-defence in a "pre-emptive strike" following ill-treatment and abuse at the high-security prison, the jury heard.

'Dismayed and humiliated'

The court heard Thakrar endured years of racist bullying and abuse at Frankland Prison and said he had been victimised since his arrest for the murders of three men and the attempted murder of two women.

Officers denied a "culture of racism" at the County Durham jail.

During the trial Thakrar said he was sorry that the guards were hurt but said "it should not have come to that".

Mr Thompson, who retired last month but was in charge at the time, described the injured officers as "decent people".

He said Mr Wylde and Ms Lewis would not work in the prison service again and Mr Walker saved Ms Lewis from worse injuries by intervening.

He said: "Staff at Frankland and elsewhere across the service will feel let down, dismayed and humiliated by part of the criminal justice system in which they serve.

"Colleagues in other professional agencies have expressed their dismay at how a case like this can be conducted in a manner where the victims feel they are on trial, that they have done something wrong, and then for the assailant to be exonerated."

Mark Leech, editor of national prisoners magazine Converse, said: "It is shocking that David Thompson, the former governor of Frankland Prison, has completely dismissed the view of the jury who sat patiently and listened to all the evidence."

Mr Justice Simon expressed sympathy to the injured guards.

He said: "It was not part of the defence case in any way that they brought their injuries upon themselves."

[robfisk1]

post traumatic stress w.t.f. cant believe it

[Perthyltonian]

Originally Posted by robfisk1

post traumatic stress w.t.f. cant believe it

Opened the floodgates for prisoners to attack staff.

[tootymackeminoz]

Originally Posted by Perthyltonian

Opened the floodgates for prisoners to attack staff.

that is unbelivable that ..i cannot get my head around this like...bastard should be left in a cell with the other guards!!!or let the jurors have a weekend in the cell with this murderer

[Blackcatwaz]

a sad look at the way it is now. PC Madness
Right round the world. The scum get away with murder, some-time literally.

We Westerners need to tak a good hard look at ourselves and follow the Asian judicial system. These twats would think twice about committing crimes if they knew there were severe conciquences, whippings etc......and some-times death...

P.S Any idea if travel agents will book holidays to gan see a public stoning. Love owt like that me.

[walter mitty]

the offender is a fuck up if ever there was

[Flared Hicks]

Originally Posted by walter mitty

the offender is a fuck up if ever there was

from Stevenage, what can you expect?

[walter mitty]

Originally Posted by Flared Hicks

from Stevenage, what can you expect?

i dont know him, but i know exactly the culture he came from and what he tried to be with his original crime

dick head

[Perthyltonian]

We are fcked, society is fckd. Anyone who believes the shite of racism and bullying. It was the best run prison in England with good Mackems and Geordies enjoying great banter with themselves and the prisoners.

[Blackcatwaz]

Originally Posted by Perthyltonian

We are fcked, society is fckd. Anyone who believes the shite of racism and bullying. It was the best run prison in England with good Mackems and Geordies enjoying great banter with themselves and the prisoners.

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