Teen, 17, who plotted terror attack ‘stabs TEN prison officers in less than a year’ since being jailed
A TEEN held for plotting a terror attack has allegedly stabbed ten prison officers since he was locked up.
The 17-year-old Islamist sliced off one’s ear and attacked another after learning he was not a Muslim.
He has also tried to convert fellow detainees, including at weekly prayer meetings.
Yet the teenager — who cannot be named — is said to be “mollycoddled” at Feltham Young Offender Institution in West London.
He has his own cell with a TV, DVD player, games console, desk and ensuite toilet.
And fearful guards regularly don full riot gear when they deliver food or let him out to shower or exercise.
A source said: “Staff are terrified of him. He uses improvised weapons made from things like plastic or toothbrushes.
“The first attack happened in the reception area on the day he arrived at Feltham.
“He asked a guard if he was Muslim, and when he said ‘No’, stabbed him.
“He’s sliced an officer’s ear off, and stabbed another in the neck with a makeshift ‘shank’. That guy was lucky to survive.
“Yet he’s also allowed treats from the canteen, and loves Pringles. He’s babied and mollycoddled — it’s not right.”
The schoolboy, from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, was jailed for seven years in April after researching its music festival as a potential target.
The Youth Custody Service said: “All assaults on staff are taken extremely seriously.”