'No remorse' from prisoner who tried to stab guard

A prisoner who tried to stab a prison guard with a makeshift knife last year says he has “no remorse” about the premeditated attack.

33-year-old Christopher Mccluskey lunged at the officer in his cell after he’d escorted him back to the segregation unit on September 9^th “brandishing” the improvised weapon.

He managed to retreat safely – Mccluskey was arrested and later told police he’d planned the assault after the guard stopped him from hugging his family during a prison visit.

The weapon, which had taken him two days to construct from a plastic knife and razor blades, had been hidden in a book in his cell - he told police if he had the opportunity “he’d do it again”.

At Douglas Courthouse today he admitted one charge of affray – he’ll be sentenced at the Court of General Gaol Delivery and will next appear there on March 4^th.