Inmate sentenced for attacks on prison officers

A man jailed for stabbing two brothers in the neck has been sentenced for stabbing a prison officer with a pen and throwing faeces over another.

Jason Jones, 41, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years after he attacked two men and injured a third at The Fox pub in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, in 2021.

The three victims suffered life-threatening injuries, and he was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court after admitting three counts of attempted murder.

At Cambridge Crown Court on Friday, Jones – who is serving his sentence at HMP Frankland in County Durham – was sentenced to an additional three years and nine months in prison.

At about 15:20 GMT on 15 October 2023, officers were unlocking Jones' cell to let him out to use the phone.

He then threw a peanut butter jar full of faeces over one of the officers.

On 17 March 2024, officers were serving Jones dinner and opened his cell door when he lunged at an officer and stabbed him with a pen in the jaw and neck.

The officer required hospital treatment for minor injuries.

He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to assault by beating of an emergency worker and grievous bodily harm with intent.

Det Con Emma Purser said: "Jones is clearly a dangerous person and continues to show it with these two unprovoked attacks on prison officers just trying to do their jobs.

"As well as the physical injuries resulting from attacks like these, they can also cause serious psychological trauma."

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