A prisoner ‘sliced top of prison imam’s head open with knife and stabbed him five times’ in an alleged murder bid, a court has heard.
Moroccan national Ahmed Ali Alid, 47, allegedly knifed Roderic Vassie at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire on August 8 last year.
Alid, appearing at the Old Bailey via a video link from HMP Wakefield, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.
The court heard that Alid allegedly attempted to murder Roderic Vassie after Friday prayers.
It is alleged that he was in possession of an offensive weapon, namely a piece of metal,
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