{"id":1689,"date":"2025-04-01T09:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2025-04-01T23:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:09:31","slug":"man-charged-after-attacking-inmate-with-a-hammer-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/man-charged-after-attacking-inmate-with-a-hammer-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after \u2018attacking inmate with a hammer in prison\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"390\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22827579 lazyload\" alt=\"Damien Bendall\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245904654-d144.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Damien Bendall has been charged with attempted murder (Credits: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly \u2018attacking a prisoner with a claw hammer.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Damien Bendall, 35, is accused of bludgeoning an inmate\u2019s head in a prison workshop at Frankland Prison in Durham.<\/p>\n<p>Bendall has been charged with attempted murder after the attack allegedly happened in May last year.<\/p>\n<p>Sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34169697\/sleepover-killer-charged-hammer-attack-prison\/\">told The Sun<\/a> was \u2018allegedly hit three or four times with a claw hammer\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"378\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22732192 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_213846145-96eb-e1742025202959.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The alleged assault took place at HMP Frankland in County Durham (Picture: Tom Wilkinson\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Durham Constabulary said: \u2018A man has been charged following a serious assault at Frankland prison, in Durham, on Friday, May 10, last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Damien Bendall, of no fixed abode, has been charged with attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The 35-year-old has been remanded in custody and will appear at Teesside Crown Court on Thursday, May 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The victim sustained serious head injuries and was taken to hospital but is now recovering.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bendall appeared at Teesside Crown Court on 4 March but did not enter a plea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damien Bendall has been charged with attempted murder (Credits: PA) A man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly \u2018attacking a prisoner with a claw hammer.\u2019 Damien Bendall, 35, is accused of bludgeoning an inmate\u2019s head in a prison workshop at Frankland Prison in Durham. 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