Sima Kotecha
Senior UK Correspondent at BBC
Senior UK Correspondent for @BBCNews. Former UK Editor on @BBCNewsnight
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Sima Kotecha
A prison officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham has told the BBC "there needs to be an urgent change in security measures" across all prisons or staff will die. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at the prison on Saturday. Three members of staff were seriously injured, with one remaining in hospital.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Sima Kotecha
Sima KotechaSenior UK CorrespondentA prison officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham has told the BBC "there needs to be an urgent change in security measures" across all prisons or staff will die. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at the prison on Saturday. Three members of staff were seriously injured, with one remaining in hospital.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Daniel De Simone |Sima Kotecha
Three prison officers have been attacked by Hashem Abedi, one of the men responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing. The officers sustained life-threatening injuries on Saturday including burns, scalds and stab wounds in the attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham, the Prison Officers' Association said. Abedi threw hot cooking oil over the officers and used "home made weapons" to stab them, the organisation said.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Sima Kotecha
Messages reveal prison staff violence towards inmatesSima KotechaBBCMessages included jokes about someone who was said to be at risk of taking their lifeLeaked messages show prison staff at a Welsh prison laughing at violent encounters with inmates and making fun of self-harm incidents. In them, one staff member at privately-run HMP Parc in Bridgend responded to a complaint about an inmate and said: "The prisoners need to be broken mentally and physically".
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Sima Kotecha
Sima KotechaWhen Jane was told by someone she knew that there were nude photos of her on an image-sharing website, she was in complete shock. Users had left crude and misogynistic comments under the photos. Some were urging the posters to upload more images of her. "I couldn't believe it," Jane told the BBC.
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