Eight prisoners at a maximum security prison have had their sentences extended after staging a 10-hour long violent mutiny armed with makeshift weapons.
The inmates, all serving life sentences at HMP Whitemoor near March in Cambridgeshire, refused to return to their cells after lunch on October 7, 2022, resulting in prison staff calling a national response team to the jail.
Cambridgeshire Police said the men took control of a spur area of the wing – a self-contained landing or corridor.
Prison staff initially tried to reason with the group, and carried on locking up other prisoners around them. However, they retreated after being threatened by the men.
The prisoners sprayed shampoo, oil and shower gel on the floor, making the area too slippery to enter. They then barricaded the area by overturning various pieces of furniture.
A national response team wearing riot gear attempted to enter at 8pm, however, the prisoners had made makeshift weapons from kettles and broken table legs by the time they arrived.
The inmates then retreated to cell of Korie Hassan, who was a member of the group, where they built another barricade.
At 10pm, the national response team regained control and the prisoners were restrained by staff.
Prisoners (pictured) serving life sentences at HMP Whitemoor staged a violent mutiny that lasted 10 hours on 7 October 2022
Cambridgeshire Police said the men (pictured) took control of a spur area of the wing, which is a self-contained landing or corridor
At Cambridge Crown Court all eight men were handed extra prison time at a series of sentencing hearings, the last of which took place on February 20.
Rick-Champion Musaba, 30, Nicholas Bridge, 26, and Irwin Constable, 25, were found guilty of participating in a prison mutiny.
Musaba was given four years on top of his existing 26-year sentence and Bridge was handed one year and six months on top of his 24-year term. Constable, who is serving 24 years, was sentenced to three years and six months extra time.
Korie Hassan, 33, and Jahliel Rose, 29, were found guilty of violent disorder.
Hassan, who is serving a 29-year sentence, was handed an extra three years and four months on top of his existing time. Rose, who is serving 25-years, was sentenced to one year and four months.
Troy Muschett-Thomas, 25, and Dior Diego Jackson, 27, also pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
Muschett-Thomas was handed one year and six months on top of his existing sentence and Jackson, who is serving 29-years, was sentenced to one year and nine months extra prison time.
Dior Jackson (pictured) was among the eight inmates who staged the mutiny. He was handed one year and nine months extra prison time on top of his 29-year prison sentence
Nicholas Bridge (pictured) was found guilty of participating in a prison mutiny following the incident. He was handed one year and six months on top of his 24-year term
Bradley Blundell (pictured) will serve a further year and six months for his part in the unrest at HMP Whitemoor. He is already serving a 22-year prison sentence for murder
Bradley Blundell will serve a further year and six months on top of his 22-year prison sentence after admitting violent disorder.
Detective Constable Emma Purser, who investigated the incident, said: ‘The eight prisoners involved in this case offered extreme violence towards staff and took control of the prison’s spur area for about 10 hours.
‘When sentencing, the judge noted that it was only because of the professionalism of the officers who went on to the wing and faced the violence that no-one was seriously hurt.
‘All of the prisoners involved are already serving life sentences for murder or conspiracy to murder, but have now received prison terms of at least 16 months on top of the time they are already serving.’
