![]() ![]() 'I was just trying to get my point across.' You were really annoyed that you had not been allowed a shower when you wanted one.'īut Gray denied being rude or aggressive, telling Judge Richard Roberts: 'Not at all, I just didn't appreciate the fact that I was being treated differently, because on previous days I had been allowed a shower. She put to him: 'They were trying to persuade you calmly that you should go behind your cell door, but you were getting louder and louder and more irate. Ms Reeves claimed that staff were doing their utmost to 'de-escalate' a tense situation, trying to 'calmly persuade' Gray back into his cell as it was not the correct shower time and he was getting increasingly irate about his lack of a wash. These flare-ups included attempting to intimidate a female officer when she challenged him about lingering in the shower area during a general alarm, throwing his dinner over a guard and punching him in the face, and again 'confronting' a prison officer 'when challenged on his attempts to go into the shower at a time when it was not permitted'. The MoJ's barrister, Sian Reeves, questioned Gray's claim that his injuries have left him fearful of officers, highlighting an alleged record of confrontation around guards since the incident. Gray claims to have suffered 'humiliation, fear and shock' during the incident and that it resulted in him being 'paranoid and wary' around officers afterwards. ![]() He says he was then handcuffed, potentially making his injury worse, before being left to suffer in pain overnight with only paracetamol for treatment. Testifying by video link from prison, Gray said the officers at Surrey's Category B HMP High Down had overreacted, taking him to the floor and stamping on and snapping his arm in two places, leaving him in plaster for two months. Tobi Animashaun, 25, was ambushed by attackers wielding knives, machetes and a baseball bat in a gang-related assault as he left work at a Sainsbury's in Charlton, south east London The MoJ denies liability, denying a stamp and insisting that any force applied was reasonable and that there is 'no evidence of any particular distress or injury to his feelings'. He was stabbed in the heart and stomach and died the following day, with Gray, now 26 and formerly of Charlton, one of three men convicted of his murder.īut Gray is now suing the Ministry of Justice at Central London County Court, claiming heavy-handed officers stamped on his arm and broke it when he complained about being refused his shower while in jail during his trial. Tobi Animashaun, 25, was ambushed by attackers wielding knives, machetes and a baseball bat in a gang-related assault as he left work at a Sainsbury's in Charlton, south east London. ![]() A convicted gangland murderer is suing the government for £20,000, claiming prison guards broke his arm during a row after refusing to let him have his daily shower.Īntoin Gray was caged for life at the Old Bailey in May 2017 following a savage attack outside a supermarket depot in September 2016. ![]()
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