The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Murderer sues over ‘sex aid’ confiscation
Prisoner who killed teenager also wants compensation for Xbox taken away because of fears he could access internet
A man whose gang murdered an innocent teenager after abducting him and driving to Dundee is suing a prison governor because of his “erectile dysfunction”.
Imran “Baldy” Shahid, who was jailed in 2004 for the racist killing of 15-yearold Glasgow boy Kriss Donald, told a sheriff in Peterhead he needed a pump to treat the condition.
Prison officers confiscated the “sex aid” and Shahid said he could not use drugs like Viagra because of the “sideeffects”.
One local MSP branded the case a “mockery” of the judicial system and called for it to be thrown out.
Shahid is also demanding staff return his internet-enabled games console – or £3,000 in compensation.
The Xbox 360 was taken from him over fears he could access the internet while behind bars.
Kriss Donald was snatched from the streets of Glasgow by Shahid and his gang, who drove him in their car to Dundee and back before stabbing him 13 times and setting him on fire.
He was picked because of the colour of his skin.
Shahid was brought to HMP Grampian in Peterhead following violence at facilities in Perth, Kilmarnock and Saughton.
He appeared on Thursday at Peterhead Civil Court for the first stage of his fight to get back the pump.
Shahid – who brought a printed copy of the prison’s rules with him to court – told Sheriff Robert Dickson the jail’s governor, Allister Purdie, had no legal right to deny him the stimulation device.
A medical professional, he claimed, had advised prison staff he required the pump as an alternative treatment for erectile dysfunction in 2015.
“It does not say anywhere (in the prison rules) that the governor has the right to query that,” he told the court.
Solicitor Ross Fairweather, acting on behalf of Mr Purdie, told the sheriff it was taken away after a doctor queried its need. Shahid is also seeking to recoup what he spent on the Xbox 360 and about 100 games while inside the prison.
He says he bought it after reading in a magazine that a company could remove its internet capabilities to make it legal to use within the jail. When prison staff were later advised that the process could be reversed, all such consoles from jails across Scotland were confiscated.
Shahid is now attempting to prove that he has no way of reactivating the internet on the console.
Liam Kerr, Scottish Conservative justice spokesman, said: “People will be disgusted that this convicted killer is able to sue the prison service for what amounts to an item that he probably should never have had in the first place.
“Prison is not supposed to be pleasant and comfortable.”
Discussions about continue in November. the cases will