Paedophile Brother’s throat slit in jail attack

A FORMER Marist Brother serving eight years for the serial abuse of young boys was in hospital last night after his throat was slashed by a fellow inmate.

Christopher Cosgrove was attacked as he returned from a workshop to his cell on the A2 landing of Roscommon’s Castlerea Prison.

A makeshift knife was used in the attack. Prison sources said there was a large amount of blood covering his shirt but that he was able to walk to an ambulance.