Prison guard beaten over the head with a bag of excrement

An prison inmate attacked a guard with a bag of faeces, a court heard. Sadiq Faqi, 38, repeatedly hit Alex Gomez over the head with a bag full of excrement he had been hiding in his waistband at HMP Thameside on 15 October last year, prosecutors claim. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via video-link wearing a grey prison tracksuit and spoke only to confirm his details. Prosecutor Julie Idowu said: ‘On 15 October the complainant entered the defendant’s cell….