Attack in jail sparks probe call; CAMPAIGN: Family's anger over prisoner slashed and scalded by other inmates.Byline: By Poppy Brady THE family of an inmate at a Midland prison are demanding an inquiry after their son suffered an horrific razor blade ra·zor·blade also ra·zor blade n. A thin sharp-edged piece of steel that can be fitted into a razor. razor blade n → hoja de afeitar razor blade attack at the hands of two fellow inmates. Ezekiel Osbourne, who is in Blakenhurst Prison, near Redditch, needed more than 20 stitches after he was slashed from his eye to his mouth, says his dad Ivan, who lives in Erdington, Birmingham. He also needed treatment at an outside hospital for burns to his arms caused by boiling water and sugar. "I'm appalled that the prison told us nothing about this. We learned about it through one of Ezekiel's friends. They told me that the people who did this had tried to gouge out Verb 1. gouge out - make gouges into a surface; "The woman's spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor" cut out - form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" his eyes," said Ivan, aged 53, a painter and decorator A painter and decorator is a tradesman responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painterref>[1] History of the trade . "We've had no communication and no reassurances from the prison. When I visited Ezekiel after the attack on Monday I was devastated at the extent of his injuries." Mr Osbourne said that Ezekiel, aged 26, had been unhappy at Blakenhurst since he started a five-year sentence there for armed robbery nine months ago. Ezekiel, a former pupil at Stockland Green Stockland Green is an area of Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward which is part of the Erdington formal district, and which comprises the south-western part of Erdington including areas such as Stockland Green itself and Gravelly Hill. School, has two younger brothers who are trying to make it as professional footballers. Isaac, aged 19, plays in the first team for Coventry City and Isaiah, aged 18, a former under-16 England International is in the under-18 reserves for Aston Villa. A prison spokesman confirmed that an assault had taken place and two suspects had been identified. CAPTION(S): DEMANDING JUSTICE... Ivan Osbourne and son Isaac. Picture: John Reavenall |
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