PA ImagesThe child killer Roy Whiting has been left fighting for his life after being ‘repeatedly stabbed’ with a makeshift blade while in his cell.
Whiting, 59, who’s serving a life sentence at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire for the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne, was reportedly attacked by two convicted murderers on Thursday.
According to reports Whiting was left ‘drenched in blood’ and was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he received treatment for several stab wounds.
PA ImagesMedics allegedly feared that he had lost too much blood and that he would not survive the attack. However, NHS staff managed to stabilise the killer who is now reportedly back in prison.
A source told The Sun that they believed had Whiting been stabbed on the street he would have died and that it’s only thanks to the professionalism of prison officials and NHS staff that he survived.
They said:
If Whiting had been stabbed in the street he might have died. Because he was in prison, every alarm was raised and he was rushed to hospital within minutes.
It’s testament to the professionalism of the staff involved that he survived. He may not deserve it, but he’s a lucky man indeed.
A prison service spokesperson confirmed an attack took place at HMP Wakefield on Thursday evening adding that they received hospital treatment and are now back in prison in a ‘stable condition.
The incident is being investigated by the police.
PA ImagesSince he was first imprisoned in 2001 a number of newspapers have reported that there is a price on Whiting’s head and he has been attacked several times in the past.
In 2002 Rickie Tregaskis attacked Whiting with a razor while fetching hot water, the attack left Whiting with a six-inch scar on his face. Meanwhile, in 2011 double murderer Gary Vinter stabbed Whiting in the eye with a sharpened toilet brush.
Whiting is serving a 40-year minimum sentence for abducting eight-year-old Sarah Payne from a country lane close to her grandparent’s house while she played hide and seek with her brothers.
PA ImagesDespite police finding sufficient evidence to convict Whiting, he denied all the allegations made against him. He was eventually was found guilty of Sarah’s murder in December 2001 and jailed for life.
After the widely publicised court case, it was revealed that Whiting was already a convicted child sex offender.
This led to Sarah’s family campaigning for the government to allow controlled access to the sex offender registry.
PA ImagesThe idea being that parents could look up if a known child sex-offender was living in their area. Sarah Payne’s mother, Sara has insisted that such a law would have saved her daughter’ s life.
After a successful modified version of the scheme ran in 2008 the home office announced in 2010 that the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, would be extended to cover the whole of England and Wales.
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