Sarah Payne’s killer Roy Whiting was attacked with makeshift blades and called a ‘[bleeping] nonce’ by fellow inmates, according to new details about the murderer’s time in prison.
Whiting received a minimum of 40 years after he abducted and murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne in 2000.
What happened to Sarah Payne’s killer Roy Whiting?
An incident in November 2018 at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, saw him punched, kicked in the head and stabbed. The attackers were two other convicted killers.
A nurse and prison guards saved him by getting his attackers off him.
The Sun revealed details of the incident following Whiting’s attackers, Richard Predergast, 40 and Kevin Hyden, also 40, admitting to wounding with intent.
Judge Tom Bayliss QC, at Leeds Crown Court, sentenced them to seven-and-a-half years today (Wednesday, October 14).
Speaking about the case, he said it didn’t matter what their motivation was for attacking Sarah Payne’s killer.
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