Former prison inmate loses €60k compensation case over slip on sachet of butter

He said he had fallen heavily on his right knee, injuring his leg and twisting his back

Graham Hynes told Judge Cormac Quinn he slipped on a small butter pack as he was climbing the stairwell in B Wing of the prison. File photo

A former inmate at Midlands Prison, Portlaoise, who fell on a stairwell in the prison seven years ago, lost a €60,000 personal injuries claim in the Circuit Civil Court today against the Minister for Justice.

Graham Hynes, of Oakland Grove, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, told Judge Cormac Quinn he slipped on a small butter pack as he was climbing the stairwell in B Wing of the prison.