Jailhouse murder suspect was defending himself

A prisoner accused of stabbing a fellow inmate to death at HMP Pentonville told a court how they clashed over the use of a contraband smuggling route. Basana Kimbembi, 35, said victim Jamal Mahmoud, 21, became upset when he helped bring a parcel of drugs through a window at the jail in Islington, north London. Mr Mahmoud claimed he had been ‘violated’ because he created the smuggling route by breaking the window and netting to allow a rope to be…