| Tony Montana |
12-06-2019 03:18 PM |
100 officers descend on prison to tackle rampaging inmate in full-blown riot
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This is the moment an inmate weighing nearly 20st attacked prisoner officers as part of a "rampage" that took 100 prison officers in riot gear to stop.
The officers "threw pyrotechnics" and used PAVA spray to distract the convict as they attempted to bring him under control in an eight-hour riot.
The "mayhem" involved a single inmate, John Onyemaechi, at one of the country's most secure jails, HMP Full Sutton.
In footage, it shows Onyemaechi hitting an officer over the head with a pan from behind while he was unlocking a gate.
His keys were still in the lock as Onyemaechi struck him or attempted to strike him a further five times, causing the key chain to snap as the officer slumped down. The prisoner then struck out at other staff, and is said to have hit a female officer and narrowly missed another.
His keys were still in the lock as Onyemaechi struck him or attempted to strike him a further five times, causing the key chain to snap as the officer slumped down. The prisoner then struck out at other staff, and is said to have hit a female officer and narrowly missed another.
As it developed, another inmate is said to have removed the keys from the lock and placed them in a bin, where Onyemaechi later retrieved them.
Onyemaechi also started a fire in a kitchen, on which he put cloth, magazines and then a chair, which can be seen in the footage above. But the smoke meant nothing more could be seen from that camera.
In the video and captured in CCTV stills, Onyemaechi can be seen laughing at the fire, which staff had to put out with a mobile appliance after breaking a window.
Onyemaechi was finally restrained after evading his legion of pursuers by running across netting between two landings which he then fell through, although he managed to get up and briefly walk away.
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https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news...prison-2964873 |
