Prisoner's indefinite term over saw attack
A PRISONER who attacked a fellow inmate with a saw at a Doncaster jail because he wrongly believed he was a sex attacker has been locked up indefinitely.
A judge at Doncaster Crown Court has decided Jeremiah Lansiquot is so dangerous he can only be released when the Parole Board thinks it is safe to free him.
The 20-year-old from Hull must serve at least another two years on top of his current three-year sentence for burglary before he can apply for release.
Lansiquot pleaded guilty to a charge of wounding with intent at Moorland Young Offenders’ Institution, Hatfield Woodhouse.
Kath Goddard, prosecuting said he was in the joinery workshop in May when he walked up to inmate Richard Hughes with a 22inch woodsaw, flicked it in his face twice, swore and shouted at him: “You nonce.”
But Hughes was serving a sentence for arson and not for sexual offences, said Ms Goddard.
He suffered a 5cm cut to his forehead which needed stitches and other cuts to his head and ear.
After the attack Lansiquot calmly put the saw back in its rack and pretended nothing had happened but was detained and arrested by police.
The victim said he was already depressed about being in jail and the incident had made it worse.
He said he had thought about smashing up his cell so he could be moved from Moorland.
Defending, Michael Upson said Lansiquot had a tragic upbringing without the benefit of role models but was not really a violent man.
“He is a man easily led and influenced and he was goaded into it by others. It was a stupid thing to do and it could have been very serious.”
Recorder Jeremy Hill-Baker, said a psychiatrist had assessed him as being at high risk of dangerous and aggressive behaviour in prison settings.
He added: “The psychiatrist concludes you are psychopathically disordered and you pose a significant risk of further serious offending. The combination of all these things drives me unhappily to the conclusion that you are a danger to the public.”
The judge imposed a sentence of detention for the protection of the public with a minimum period of two years before parole can be considered.
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