Inmates warned after Shropshire prisoner caught with makeshift 'machete' in his cell
A detective has warned prisoners who offend while inside will be brought to justice after an inmate was caught with a "machete" style blade in his cell.
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Benjamin Lawless, aged 31, had a 2ft-long, sharpened piece of metal under his mattress at HMP Stoke Heath in Market Drayton.
He claimed he was looking after the object to clear a debt and out of fear he would be outed as "racist" over his history in the far-right English Defence League.
He was handed a 15-month prison sentence.
Now Detective Constable Joanne Heyes, a prison crime investigator, has issued a warning to inmates.
“West Mercia Police and HMP Stoke Heath are committed to partnership working," she said. "Anyone who continues their offending behaviour behind bars will be brought to justice, as the security of the prison estate is paramount.”
