Prison officer jailed for battering 'well behaved inmate' so badly he shattered his hand

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prison officer has been jailed for battering a 'well behaved inmate' so badly he shattered his hand. Jack Kerrison repeatedly hit the prisoner with both fists on the head leaving a nasty wound that required hospital treatment.Kerrison stormed into the inmate's cell in Hull Prison, where he was sitting in a plastic chair, and accused him of being a "cheeky little c***" before launching the unprovoked attack. READ MORE: Desperate Putin 'frees Russian mafia boss who ordered 29 murders' to fight in Ukraine The 27-year-old was then said to have tried to "concoct" a pack of lies and make other prison officers back them up, Hull Crown Court heard.

He tried to get his colleagues to "stick to the story" and that he would "owe them" if they backed up his account.Kerrison "concocted a story" that he had trapped his hand in a gate when he was responding to an alarm, and denied any knowledge of the assault, and how the bleeding started.After continuing to give false stories, including lying to two senior officers, Kerrison finally admitted assaulting the prisoner, causing actual bodily harm, on June 16 last year. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here . Charlotte Baines, prosecuting, said there was an incident involving other officers restraining a prisoner on the floor and other inmates were given an "all away" signal to return to their cells.Kerrison shouted to one prisoner to get into his cell, which he was already doing, but aggressively followed it up with, "If you've got a f***ing problem with that, we can go to the room" - a reference to another room on the other side of the landing.The prisoner said he did not have a problem and he thought that this would be the.