24 PIZZAS TO CELL; Prison chiefs' pounds 96 order for inmates.Byline: EXCLUSIVE by JAMES TAPPER A PRISON had to order 24 takeaway pizzas at a cost of pounds 96 from a high street restaurant to feed hungry inmates after a power cut closed the kitchens. Embarrassed jail chiefs phoned a nearby pizza shop after 30 prisoners were left without an evening meal. They asked for a selection of medium-sized pizzas, including Margheritas, Sicilianas and Special American Hots costing pounds 4 each. And they waited 40 minutes while a delivery man on a moped moped: see motorcycle. brought the pizzas to the main gate of Brixton prison in South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. . Manager Akbar Mohammadi Akbar Mohammadi (in Persian: اکبر محمدی) (born 1972 - died July 30 2006) was an Iranian student involved in 18th of Tir crisis in Tehran University. , at Pizzaring restaurant, said: "We thought it was a joke. This was the first time we've ever had an order from a prison." A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "The duty governor decided to order takeaway pizzas for the prisoners because if he hadn't ordered any food they wouldn't have been fed at all that night." CAPTION(S): TAKEAWAY: Brixton prison; CALL OUT: Boss Akbar in shop |
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