Former prisoner loses case against Wheatfield governor

A former prisoner has lost his High Court action for damages against the governor of Wheatfield Prison for serious injuries he sustained after a bucket of boiling water was thrown over him by another inmate while he was jailed there.

Today at the High Court Mr Justice Paul Gilligan reject claims made by Gary Breen (aged 31), that he was set up by the prison authorities and stated that in his view they were not negligent or in breach of duty by failing to prevent the attack on him.