Burglar stabbed in Chelmsford prison kitchen awarded more than £5m

“There is no doubt that Mr Wilson’s life has been radically and permanently affected by the physical and psychiatric/psychological injuries caused by that terrible attack in the prison kitchen,” she wrote.

The judge said as a result of his injuries, Mr Wilson needed a wheelchair, a walking stick and a frame.

During a trial in April, the claimant described how he “felt very vulnerable in prison” and was fearful of his vulnerable state if attacked again.

Mr Wilson, who had 31 previous convictions between 1999 and 2018, had been on remand for aggravated burglary at the time of the stabbing.

He was later convicted and sentenced to nine years, discounted to six-and-a-half-years imprisonment on account of his injuries, and was released in June 2021.