Inmate guilty of attempts to kill prison officers
Lincolnshire PoliceAn inmate has been convicted of carrying out a string of attacks with homemade plastic weapons on prison officers.
Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly attacked staff at HMS Swaleside in Kent and high-security Belmarsh jail, south London, in September and October 2022, the Old Bailey heard.
He was already serving a life sentence for earlier prison attacks after being jailed for Class A drugs offences in 2015.
Prosecutor Alistair Richardson said Rahman was a "highly dangerous man".
During his latest trial, he went on to admit five charges of attempted wounding.
The jury found him guilty of four more serious alternative charges of attempted murder.
He also admitted six attempted assaults on emergency workers and three charges of possessing sharpened pieces of plastic in prison.
He had repeatedly expressed a desire to kill prison officers, whom he regarded as "kuffar", a derogatory term for non-Muslims, the court heard.
Mrs Justice McGowan adjourned sentencing to 28 March.
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