cool new defence of "pre-emptive strike" lol WTF are the socialists up to now?
this guy got off with attempted murder on that bollox..
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A man serving life for three murders has been cleared over a prison attack in which he stabbed three guards.
Kevan Thakrar, 24, admitted lashing out at the guards with a broken bottle at Frankland Prison, County Durham, but claimed it was in self-defence.
Thakrar, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder and three counts of wounding with intent at Newcastle Crown Court.
Ex-Frankland governor David Thompson hit out at the verdict.
Thakrar is serving a life sentence for the drug-related murder of three men and the attempted murder of two women in 2007.
The court heard he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of previous prison experiences.
Thakrar was accused of trying to murder officers Craig Wylde and Claire Lewis and the wounding with intent of a third guard, Neil Walker, in March last year.
He claimed he attacked the officers in self-defence in a "pre-emptive strike" following ill-treatment and abuse at the high-security prison, the jury heard.<<
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15664009
this guy got off with attempted murder on that bollox..
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A man serving life for three murders has been cleared over a prison attack in which he stabbed three guards.
Kevan Thakrar, 24, admitted lashing out at the guards with a broken bottle at Frankland Prison, County Durham, but claimed it was in self-defence.
Thakrar, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder and three counts of wounding with intent at Newcastle Crown Court.
Ex-Frankland governor David Thompson hit out at the verdict.
Thakrar is serving a life sentence for the drug-related murder of three men and the attempted murder of two women in 2007.
The court heard he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of previous prison experiences.
Thakrar was accused of trying to murder officers Craig Wylde and Claire Lewis and the wounding with intent of a third guard, Neil Walker, in March last year.
He claimed he attacked the officers in self-defence in a "pre-emptive strike" following ill-treatment and abuse at the high-security prison, the jury heard.<<
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15664009