According to reports, following the
injury sustained by Micheal Adebolajo who is one of the two men accused of
hacking off-duty soldier Lee Rigby to death in Woolwich, five prison officers
have been suspended.
The men were suspended from
top-security Belmarsh Prison in south London after the alleged attack on
Michael Adebolajo, 28, three days ago.
According to prison sources from
reports, Adebolajo had refused to obey prison officers’ instructions and had to
be restrained.
Four of the officers were suspended
on Thursday, while the fifth was suspended yesterday.
All of the officers are on full pay
pending the results of the investigation.
Although it’s also been reported
that Peter McParlin, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, accused the
Ministry of Justice of over-reacting to the situation.
He told BBC Radio: 'We have spoken
to our members and on the basis of what our members have told us they have done
absolutely nothing wrong.
'We are concerned that the Ministry
of Justice have over-reacted due to the notoriety of this prisoner.' He also criticized
the Minister of Justice for failing to correct false reporting of the incident
at Belmarsh.
