Prison officers 'not trained to deal with mentally ill inmate blinding himself'

Prison officers who watched as a mentally ill prisoner blinded himself were not sufficiently trained to deal with such a severe case, the the North's Justice Minister has told the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Prison officers 'not trained to deal with mentally ill inmate blinding himself'

Prison officers who watched as a mentally ill prisoner blinded himself were not sufficiently trained to deal with such a severe case, the the North's Justice Minister has told the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Shocking levels of self-harm were inflicted by Sean Lynch at high-security Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim in June 2014.

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