A MURDERER was yesterday accused in court of attacking three female prison officers, a male guard and a fellow lag in a jail rampage.
Dominic Calder, 24, is alleged to have lashed out while being taken from an exercise bike back to his cell.
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He is said to have punched one victim, elbowed a second and trampled over the others.
He appeared at Nottingham crown court by video link from HMP Lowdham Grange, Notts.
Calder, serving a life sentence for his part in the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old in North West London, denied five charges.
They include assault occasioning actual bodily harm to the prisoner and four counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker, relating to the officers.
His trial is due to start on September 1.
The court case comes after we revealed prison officers face attacks almost 30 times a day.
A record 10,496 assaults were logged in the year to September 2024 – up from 8,516 the previous 12 months.
Last weekend, Hashem Abedi, the brother and accomplice of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, severely injured three guards in a stab attack at HMP Frankland, Co Durham.
He has now been moved to high security Belmarsh prison, South East London.
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