Prisoner gets life sentence for attacking guard with razor blade on a toothbrush

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This was a pre-planned and determined effort to kill a prison officer and the offence was committed for what you saw as a desirable prison transfer to meet terrorists.” The court heard the slashed officer miraculously escaped without any serious injury but had been left emotionally scarred by the attack Kendall had approached him from behind and used a ‘drawing motion’ from the officer’s left ear across the throat to his right ear, twice. “I didn’t realise how much but when I drive to and from work now I have times during my commute that I feel as though I can’t breathe.” The court heard officers found another sharpened blade and a sharpened toothbrush handle in Kendall’s possession and could smell spice in his prison cell. The court heard that Kendall then walked back to the phone again and, appearing “calm and collected”, told the prison officer, “I am making the call now.” Kendall then punched the prison officer hard in the jaw and it took a number of officers to restrain him and return him to his cell. The court heard on one occasion Kendall approached another prisoner and told him he “does not like jail” and he wanted to meet up with terrorists in another prison.