A double killer regarded as Ireland’s most violent prisoner has been moved out of Mountjoy where he was regarded as a danger to staff and other inmates.
Evil Stephen Penrose, 38, fought non-stop running battles with staff, physically threatened and fought other prisoners. Over the past year he had been detained on occasions in an isolation cell and also for a short time carried out a “dirty protest” leaving excrement in his cell.
He also attacked prison officers and tried to knife one in the neck. Penrose was regarded as a bad influence in Mountjoy but other prisons around the country had refused to take him.
