[Ammi]

The man who murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne more than 20 years ago has been stabbed in prison.

Roy Whiting is currently serving a life sentence at the maximum security HMP Wakefield for the abduction and murder of the schoolgirl in July 2000.

Sarah went missing while playing near her grandparents’ home near Worthing in West Sussex.

Her body was found several miles away in a field just off the A29, near Pulborough, 17 days later.

According to the Daily Mirror newspaper the attack on Sunday left the killer covered in blood.

The Prison Service said he was treated for minor injuries.

Sarah’s murder sparked a national outcry and the introduction of Sarah’s Law following a campaign by her parents and the now-defunct News of the World.


The law gives parents powers to check with police whether people given regular unsupervised access to their children have any convictions for child sex offences and was extended to all police forces in England and Wales in 2011.

It is not the first time the child killer has been attacked in prison.

Two convicted murderers, Richard Prendergast and Kevin Hyden, were jailed for an additional seven and a half years each for attacking Whiting in his cell in 2018.

In 2011, Whiting was stabbed in the eye with a sharpened toilet brush handle by fellow inmate, twice-convicted murderer Gary Vinter.

He was left with a six-inch scar on his right cheek after he was attacked with a razor by Rickie Tregaskis, another convicted killer, in 2002.

Before murdering Sarah, Whiting had previously spent time in prison for the kidnap and indecent assault of a nine-year-old girl in 1995.

In 2010, Whiting’s 50-year minimum jail term for Sarah’s murder was reduced by 10 years by the High Court.

In a statement on Tuesday, West Yorkshire Police said: “At 5.14pm on Sunday evening, police received a call from a member of staff at HMP Wakefield reporting a male prisoner had been stabbed.

“Inquiries are ongoing.”

A Prison Service spokesperson said: “A prisoner at HMP Wakefield was treated for minor injuries following an incident involving another offender.

“It would be inappropriate to comment further while the police investigate.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...prison-attack/

[Zizu]

So he was convicted and imprisoned for kidnapping a young girl and sexually assaulting her in 1995 and then was out and about in 2000 when he abducted and murdered an 8 year old girl !!!!


Why are our judges so damm lenient !!!!!!


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[Niamh.]

Boo Hoo

[bitontheslide]

not sorry

[joeysteele]

This happens in prisons.

I've no sympathy for him and there's little the prison staff can do because they are stretched way over their limits.
So unless you can have one prisoner to a cell, no integration, then this will happen.
Because most other prisoners hate child killers.

He cared nothing about murdering Sarah, sorry, I've no sympathy for him whatsoever..

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

This happens in prisons.

I've no sympathy for him and there's little the prison staff can do because they are stretched way over their limits.
So unless you can have one prisoner to a cell, no integration, then this will happen.
Because most other prisoners hate child killers.

He cared nothing about murdering Sarah, sorry, I've no sympathy for him whatsoever..

Exactly .. sounds like he got off lightly


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[arista]

Bound to happen.

[Swan]

A bit of good news for a change is always nice.

[LeatherTrumpet]

He should have been executed, as we all know

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

He should have been executed, as we all know

Yes it would have saved the taxpayers millions of pounds as well


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[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Zizu

So he was convicted and imprisoned for kidnapping a young girl and sexually assaulting her in 1995 and then was out and about in 2000 when he abducted and murdered an 8 year old girl !!!!


Why are our judges so damm lenient !!!!!!


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Society is ****ed up, and always has been sadly.

The fact that monsters like this get the opportunity to re-offend is proof of that.

The only crime in particular that this country cares about is someone Frauding big business of their money, otherwise you have to hope that there'll be a big public and media outcry to get any other major crime in this country to be punished correctly, it's honestly sick.

[parmnion]

Oh! How tragic..tragic that it isnt a weekly event.