56-year old convicted paedophile, who is serving 40 years for the murder of 8-year-old Sarah was reportedly wounded and battered in the prison. Mirror UK reports.
Convicted paedophile battered and scalded in prison by fellow inmate
56-year old convicted paedophile, who is serving 40 years for the murder of 8-year-old Sarah was reportedly wounded and battered in the prison.
Roy Whiting
Roy Whiting, 56 was apparently beaten with a hot water flask.
A source told the Sun: “He got clobbered from behind. It wasn’t major but shows he’s still a target.”
Little Sarah was kidnapped and murdered by Whiting in July, the subsequent investigation became a prominent case in the United Kingdom.
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She had been playing in a cornfield with her brothers and sisters near her grandparents’ home when she was snatched and driven away in his van.
It is not the first time Whiting has been attacked in jail.
In 2011 he was stabbed in the eyes with a sharpened toilet brush.
Whiting is serving a life sentence after being convicted of the abduction and murder in December 2001.
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