Yorkshire Post
YORKSHIRE — Three prisoners demanded the release of Abu Qatada as they held a guard hostage in a North Yorkshire prison, a court heard today.
The alleged incident took place days after the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, at a time when relationships between prison staff and Muslim inmates were said to be “strained”.
Feroz Khan, 26, David Watson, 27, and Fuad Awale, 26, are on trial accused of the false imprisonment of Richard Thompson while they were all at HMP Full Sutton near York, on May 26 last year.
Khan and Awale are also accused of threatening to kill the officer, and Khan is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to him, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on a second officer Rachel Oxtoby.
Judge Michael Topolski QC told the pool of 51 potential jurors that a prison officer was captured and held hostage for several hours.
“During that time threats were made to kill the prison officer,” he said.
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