Prisoner ‘bashed bushfire accused’
The defence has claimed the accused has been bashed and also that his files have been obtained by the person who did the bashing,
Corrections Victoria last night denied defence barrister David Sexton’s claim that a prisoner who attacked his client had managed to gain access to the accused man’s personal prison file. “There is no evidence to support this claim and we don’t believe this happened,” a spokeswoman said.
The defence also claimed that prison staff have beaten the accused to the point of losing consciousness,
Mr Sexton told the court his client had a severe intellectual disability, was illiterate and was receiving medication for depression, panic, anxiety and social phobia.
He also said prison staff had taunted the man and he was once assaulted to the point of losing consciousness.
Finally, they claim that, ‘reporting of his client’s charges had been “rather hysterical at times”’.
I’m not too sure about that.
