LAD: JAIL BOSS ATTACKED ME
A TEENAGE criminal who was in a BBC documentary about violent prison staff is at the centre of a new probe – after accusing a senior officer of attacking him.
The 15-year-old, who was given the fake name Billy in the BBC’s Baftawinning Panorama exposé, claims he was violently restrained by a boss at one of Britain’s most infamous youth jails.
An investigation is now under way into the flare-up at troubled Feltham Young Offenders Institution in West London.
Billy was sent there after a stint at Medway Secure Training Centre in Kent, where he was filmed by an undercover BBC team exposing violence and watched by millions of viewers. Billy was shown apparently being restrained with excess force and being shouted at.
Four members of staff were later sacked and are awaiting trial next month on misconduct charges.
At Feltham, Billy is said to have complained of being assaulted by a senior member of staff – known as a governor grade – last RITA Ora goes hell for leather to get to Glastonbury in a striking black zip-up outfit.
Rita, 26, is pictured dashing from BBC studios in London after appearing on The One Show.
She then hopped aboard a helicopter to reach Somerset in time to catch the best of the festival on Friday night.
Earlier this week, Rita wept as she sang on the single for the Grenfell tower victims, recalling how she had played there as a child. month. Bosses are said to have called in police. Billy, described by his mum as “not a bad lad”, is said to have had mental health difficulties for most of his life.
The Prison Service said: “There is an ongoing investigation.”