Killer compensated for damaged nose clippers

[Jazzy]

Kevan Thakrar, 26, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, who is serving three life sentences for killing drug dealers, also lost his cranberry juice.

District Judge Neil Hickman said there had been a "cavalier disregard for Mr Thakrar's rights and his property".

The POA union, which represents prison workers, said it was "in despair" at the "ridiculous award".

Thakrar was jailed after he and his brother killed Keith Cowell, 52, his son Matthew, 17, and Tony Dulieu, 33, from Essex, at the Cowells' house in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 2007. They were also sentenced for two attempted murders.

In March 2010, Thakrar maimed three guards at Frankland Prison in County Durham after stabbing them with a broken bottle, but was cleared of two counts of attempted murder and three of wounding with intent.

Following the attack, Thakrar was moved from Frankland to Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes and it was during this move that some of his possessions went missing.

According to the court judgment, detailed on Thakrar's Facebook page set up by campaigners protesting his innocence, he was awarded £224.97 for damage to his stereo, alarm clock and nasal clippers.

He was also awarded £90 after items including a carton of cranberry juice, protein powder and toiletries were lost, which he claimed left him "stressed".

Judge Hickman awarded him a further £500 to compensate him for lost photographs and personal items, making £814.97 in total.

The prison ombudsman had originally offered Thakrar £10 in compensation, but he took the case to court last year and Judge Hickman ruled that he deserved a further payout.

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Your thoughts?

 

[DrLeftover]

I'm surprised this story wasn't from this side of 'the Water'.

 

[Evil Eye]

I'm surprised this story wasn't from this side of 'the Water'.

The numbers would've been higher.

 

[Jazzy]

Did he have a receipt for all the items or was he getting paid for 'stolen goods'? :s