11-04-2016 22:37 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Man 'Caused Custody Guard Catastrophic Injuries'

Humphrey Burke, 23, attacked 54-year-old Serco guard Lorraine Barwell as she was leading him from a holding cell at Blackfriars Crown Court to a waiting prison van, the Old Bailey was told. During the Old Bailey hearing, Burke was found unfit to plead to a charge of murder as he has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Instead, a trial of facts was opened, where prosecutor Duncan Penny QC said Burke had been "unpredictable" at previous Blackfriars hearings and had pretended to faint, coll
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