Prison officer attacked

A PRISONER being transferred from Cork to Dublin attempted to take a female prison officer hostage yesterday.

The male prisoner from Dublin was sitting behind the prison officer in a prison bus and managed to wrap his handcuffs around her neck. It’s understood that he was chained to an officer beside him but the chain was of sufficient length to allow him move forward and tighten his handcuffs around her neck.

The inmate, in his 20s, then tried to incite the other eight prisoners to join him in taking her hostage so they could escape. He was, however, overcome by other officers who restrained him.