rsherdley published Man goes on trial for breaking prison officer's nose

A prison officer was left with a broken nose after an irate inmate launched a frenzied attack as he waited for food, a jury heard.The victim had been standing in the serving area in HMP Lowdham Grange Prison when it is alleged Dominic Davis hit him.Davis, 43, of no fixed address, was serving time for attempted robbery and assault.He is now on trial to deny a charge of assault, causing actual bodily harm, to the officer.Davis has claimed he was acting in self-defence, and it was the officer who..