Shocked jury shown video of ‘jailhouse beheading’

An inmate who tried to behead a fellow prisoner told guards he liked women’s magazines because he enjoyed the murder stories, a court heard. Stephen Boorman, 34, and James Brabbs, 33, allegedly attacked Taras Nykolyn, 49, with improvised knives or ‘shanks’ at Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes, on June 5 last year. Before leaving their rooms, the inmates were searched by prison guards but managed to smuggle out the weapons, the Old Bailey heard. Prison guard Kerrie Ridgeway told the…

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