An inmate lost an eye after a convicted murderer attacked him with a razor blade inside a prison cell. Derek Paul Pallas was awaiting the start of his murder trial when he carried out the gruesome attack on Christmas Eve in 2018.
The victim was held down by another HMP Durham prisoner while Pallas, 39, attacked him with a razor blade which he held inside his clenched fist. The victim had to have his eye removed following the gruesome assault, Chronicle Live reports.
Pallas was on remand when he carried out the attack and was later handed a life sentence for stabbing a man to death in Teeside after being found guilty following his trial. On Tuesday, May 3, Pallas appeared at Durham Crown Court via a videolink from HMP Full Sutton to be sentenced for the prison attack.
