As a prisoner receives a life sentence for attacking Soham murderer Ian Huntley, a judge calls for a review of the way high security prisons are managed.
Damien Fowkes was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years for attempting to murder Huntley, by slashing him with a makeshift knife, and the manslaughter of child killer Colin Hatch. He is already serving a life sentence for armed robbery.
- Hatch was jailed in 1994 for the sexually motivated murder of seven-year-old Sean Williams in north London, while he was on licence for an attack on another boy.
- Colin Hatch has been convicted of the murder of schoolboy Sean Williams. Williams's parents John and Lynne ask why Hatch was released from custody for a similar offence. Legal affairs correspondent Tim Crook reports on the case.
Sean Williams was seven years old when Hatch killed him in a north London tower block His lawyer warned he could kill when he was released. Within 11 weeks of being paroled in April 1993, Hatch. Sean Williams was abducted, sexually assaulted and then choked to death after. Colin Hatch be released back into our community.' A Prison Service spokesman today said: 'An incident at HMP. Colin Hatch Among the criminals that were murdered in prison, Colin Hatch was sentenced to prison for life in 1994 when he murdered a seven-year-old, Sean Williams, while on parole for child molesting in the past. Williams was abducted, sexually assaulted, and then choked to death.
He admitted trying to kill Huntley, pictured here, at Frankland Prison, Durham, in March 2010 and the manslaughter of Hatch at Full Sutton Prison, Yorkshire, in February.
Mr Justice Coulson said: 'It is troubling that these two attacks were carried out in two different high-security prisons. Whilst everyone is acutely aware of the costs of monitoring vulnerable and high-risk prisoners, from what I have seen in this case it appears that the management systems currently in place require urgent review.
Officers outside cell
'I am particularly concerned that the killing of Hatch took place with prison officers outside the cell, but apparently powerless to save him. I am also aware that, over the last few days, another prisoner has been killed at HMP Frankland.'
Management systems require urgent review. Mr Justice Coulson
The judge said the 'notoriety' of the two victims had not influenced the sentencing.
'Whilst I am aware that the view has been expressed in some parts of the press that the killing of Colin Hatch and the attempted murder of Ian Huntley were somehow lesser offences, deserving lesser sentences because of the crimes that they had themselves committed, such a view is manifestly wrong, both as a matter of common sense and as a matter of law.
'For the avoidance of doubt, can I stress that that would be so whether the Human Rights Act were in force or not.'
Razor on plastic
The court heard earlier that it was Huntley's 'good fortune' the seven inch wound Fowkes inflicted with a razor melted on to a piece of plastic cutlery missed anything vital.
Prosecutors described how Fowkes chased Huntley around the prison healthcare unit with two home-made weapons. At one point, the court heard, Fowkes trapped Huntley in a room, but he managed to escape by throwing a bedside table at Fowkes as a prison officer challenged him.
The attack ended when Huntley shut himself in a servery and more prison officers arrived. He was in hospital for three days and needed 21 stitches.
Is he dead? I hope so.Damien Fowkes
The court heard that Fowkes asked a prison officer: 'Is he dead? I hope so.' When he asked if he had killed Huntley and was told he had not, Fowkes said: 'I wish I had.'
Huntley, 37, is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, with a minimum tariff of 40 years.
Strangled with ligature
Following the attack at Frankland, Fowkes was moved to Full Sutton, where he killed Hatch by tying him to a bed and strangling him with a ligature made from strips of bed clothes.
Hatch was jailed in 1994 for the sexually motivated murder of seven-year-old Sean Williams in north London, while he was on licence for an attack on another boy.
Fowkes denied murdering Hatch in February this year, but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility,which was accepted. Onda v919 windows 10 install. Three psychiatrists and two psychologists who examined Fowkes concluded he had a 'deep-seated disorder of great severity'.
A PAEDOPHILE child killer has been murdered inside one of Britain's most
secure prisons.
Police were today investigating how Colin Hatch, 38, died following an
incident at HMP Full Sutton near York yesterday.
Hatch was jailed for life in 1994 after being convicted of killing a
seven-year-old boy while on parole for a previous child sex attack.
A Humberside Police spokesman said: 'Officers from Humberside Police are
currently investigating a prisoner death at Full Sutton Prison last night.
'A 38-year-old male prisoner died in the incident. A 35-year-old male prisoner
has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
'Humberside Police are working with the prison service and investigating the
incident.'
Hatch was jailed in 1994 by Judge Nina Lowry at the Old Bailey, following a
string of convictions for assaulting young boys.
At the time Judge Lowry said: 'It is not possible today to envisage when you
could be safely released from prison and as of today life imprisonment
should mean what it says – namely imprisonment for life.
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'In my judgment, you should never be released back into the community while
there remains the slightest danger you will reoffend.'
Unemployed Hatch, then 21, was convicted after the jury of six women and six
men deliberated for less than three hours and smirked when he heard their
verdict.
Just over two years earlier, he was jailed for three years for assaulting a
boy of eight in almost identical circumstances.
His lawyer warned he could kill when he was released, but within 11 weeks of
being paroled in April 1993, Hatch fulfilled that chilling prediction.
Sean Williams was abducted, sexually assaulted and then choked to death after
Hatch lured him to his tower block home in Finchley, North London.
A postman discovered the youngster's body taped up in bin liners and dumped in
a lift.
Just a year before Hatch abused a boy of ten, dragging him into the same lift
where he was later to dump Sean's body. He indecently assaulted the
youngster.
Kadala simulator. After his convictions Sean's mother Lynn Williams said her son's killer should
never be freed.
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She said: 'Never again must a child be murdered by a pervert.
Colin Hatch Sean Williams Obituary
'Never again must a family have to suffer this experience and never again must
Colin Hatch be released back into our community.'
A Prison Service spokesman today said: 'An incident at HMP Full Sutton on
Tuesday February 22 resulted in the death of prisoner Colin Hatch.
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'This is now a matter for the police.'
