Prisoner, 47, ‘sliced top of jail imam’s head open and stabbed him five times’ in murder bid

A PRISONER has denied trying to murder the jail's imam after allegedly slicing his head open before stabbing him five times. Ahmed Ali Alid, 47, is accused of trying to kill Roderic Vassie after Friday prayers at HMP Full Sutton, near York, on August 8 last year. The Moroccan national, who appeared at the Old...

A serving prisoner accused of stabbing an imam five times in the head and neck has denied attempted murder.