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The Latest Breaking News from HMP Belmarsh

HMP Belmarsh: The high-security prison where Tommy Robinson is jailed

Supporters of far-right activist say he is being held at one of the UK’s most notorious prisons after he was jailed for contempt of court

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping custody at HMP Wandsworth

The 21-year-old appeared via video link from HMP Belmarsh at the Old Bailey to deny the charge

Evening Standard

Decision to not allow press freedom organisation to visit Assange ‘shameful’

Next week will mark four years since Assange was taken to HMP Belmarsh from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The Independent UK

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'I work in Britain's toughest prison - but there are moments of joy behind bars'

Officer Herman is a 24-year-old Oxford University graduate who is now a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh - where notorious killers and rapists are housed

Daily Mirror

Dad of Sabina Nessa's killer begs son to reveal why he killed her in sadistic attack

Bashkim Selamaj, 71, said his killer son Koci Selamaj felt so ashamed about murdering Sabina Nessa that he refused to meet his dad when he twice travelled to HMP Belmarsh in South London

Daily Mirror

Prisoner 'tore leg off table' and used it to batter arsonist to death inside cell

A prisoner who killed a man he shared a cell with at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London has been jailed for at least 17 years

Daily Mirror

Prisoner who killed Belmarsh inmate sentenced to life imprisonment

A prisoner who killed a fellow inmate at HMP Belmarsh after bludgeoning him to death with a wooden chair leg has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Government signals end of ‘no-go areas’ inside jails that allowed Arena bomb plotter to form a jihadi gang behind bars

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab vowed to crack down on radicalisation in jails - it comes after Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was able to lead a violent Islamist gang from prison

Manchester Evening News

Julian Assange marrying Stella Moris at HMP Belmarsh

The couple were allowed six guests, including Assange’s two brothers.

The Independent UK

He has a toaster, microwave and nice gardens. But how was Hashem Abedi allowed to form a jihadi gang in a high-security prison?

There is palpable anger over how the jailed Manchester Arena bomb plotter could mix with other extremists

Manchester Evening News

Prison attack by Manchester and Parsons Green terrorists ‘must be wake-up call’, government told

Hashem Abedi was accused of trying to be ‘emir’ of Muslim prisoners on high-security unit hours before launching attack

The Independent UK

Hashem Abedi and two other terrorists guilty of attacking prison officer at HMP Belmarsh

Hashem Abedi has been convicted alongside two other terrorists

Manchester Evening News

Manchester and Parsons Green terrorists convicted of attacking prison officer inside HMP Belmarsh

Associates launched ‘animalistic’ attack alongside fellow terror offender in high security unit

The Independent UK

Inmate accused of attacking officer claims to be ‘treated differently’

Hashem Abedi, 24, is one of three prisoners on trial accused of attacking Paul Edwards, 57, at HMP Belmarsh on May 11 2020.

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Three prisoners launched ‘animalistic’ attack on officer in high-security wing of HMP Belmarsh, court hears

Hashem Abedi, Ahmed Hassan and Muhammed Saeed are charged with assaulting officer

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