For the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A serial sex offender has been jailed for two years after he was found guilty of a “humiliating” assault on a prison officer.
Raymond Fairhurst, 70, committed the offence whilst being held at HMP Forest Bank last year. Geoff Wheeler, prosecuting, told an earlier trial that Fairhurst was being supervised by a prison officer whilst awaiting medical assessment at the site in February, 2020.
After a series of inappropriate comments, staff decided to take Fairhurst back to his cell, where he lunged at the officer. Patrick Harris, defending, had been asked by the court to obtain two psychiatric reports to determine whether Fairhurst, who is showing early signs
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