HMP Guys Marsh where the prisoner was an inmate at
Your report of the Crown Court conviction of a prisoner who had spat in the face of a prison officer shortly after being told he had tested positive for covid-19 was truly shocking.
What was, for me, just as shocking was the sentence he received, a six month concurrent prison term, not a consecutive sentence which would mean extra confinement.
Perhaps someone with knowledge of the justice system could explain how this sentence can be considered appropriate for such an appalling act.
ALAN HODDER
Weymouth
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