Woman jailed for scalding fellow prisoner with boiling water
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 19:44 · Archive
A woman has been jailed for three years after scalding a fellow prisoner with boiling water on Christmas Day.
Jessica Blenkiron scalded a fellow prisoner with boiling water on Christmas Day at HMP Low Newton in County Durham. The attack followed a dispute over tweezers that Blenkiron had borrowed and said she could not find. After an angry exchange, Blenkiron threw boiling water from a kettle over the woman's face, neck and arm, then closed her cell door and told a prison officer she was 'sick of being bullied so swilled her'.
The victim suffered second degree burns to her face, back, neck, arm and hand, with a grade one burn to her wrist. Her right forearm was blistered in three places. She required bandages for two weeks and painkillers for the injuries. In a victim impact statement, she said: 'I feel stupid to have let this happen. We've never had issues before this. I was not expecting to be assaulted.'
Blenkiron, 23, of Shaftoe Road, Sunderland, was remanded in custody at the time of the attack for stabbing her neighbour in what a court described as a 'ridiculous row' over trainers. She has 13 previous convictions. She pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and was sentenced to three years in prison.
How it is being reported
- North East woman burned fellow prisoner with boiling water on Christmas Day in spat over tweezersJessica Blenkiron attacked the other woman while remanded in custody for knifing her neighbour in a row over trainersChronicleLive · 28 Oct, 19:03
- Sunderland woman scalded fellow prisoner with boiling water after row over tweezersAn inmate “swilled” another prisoner with boiling water during a shocking Christmas Day jail attack.Sunderland Echo · 28 Oct, 15:09
In this story: Jessica Blenkiron · HMP Low Newton · County Durham · Sunderland · Newcastle Crown Court
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