TWO Muslim killers have been convicted of threatening to kill a prison guard at a high-security jail in East Yorkshire.
A trial at the Old Bailey in London heard Feroz Khan, 26, and Fuad Awale, 26, tried to take over HMP Full Sutton after an imam holding a prayer service at the jail offered his condolences to the family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby.
The pair targeted prison guard Richard Thompson, believing him to be ex-British military, and demanded the release of hate preacher Abu Qatada.
Khan battered Mr Thompson, fracturing his eye socket, before threatening to kill him.
The jury convicted Khan of making threats to kill and causing grievous bodily harm after 13 hours’ deliberations. He was cleared of false imprisonment and assaulting a second prison guard, Rachel Oxtoby.
Awale was convicted of making threats to kill but cleared of false imprisonment.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Milsom, lead for the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "The incident at HMP Full Sutton was terrifying for all involved and in particular the prison officer who found himself at the centre of this attack.
"This attack was unprovoked and pre-planned. Thankfully, Khan and Awale were prevented from carrying out their threats in full and prison staff escaped with serious, but not life threatening, injuries.
"Khan and Awale are dangerous, violent individuals who threatened the lives of innocent people. They have shown they deserve no place in our society and we are grateful that they will remain behind bars for the foreseeable future.”
The Old Bailey heard relations between staff and Muslim inmates at Full Sutton had become tense following Drummer Rigby's death last May 22.
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