Inmate who stabbed prison guard revealed as serial knifeman Muslim convert who once said it ‘felt good to hurt someone'
Callom Taylor, 22 — jailed for a string of stabbings — is often heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar' on the prison wing and carries a prayer mat, sources say.
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He carried out his latest attack just after 8.30am on Friday, stabbing a 25-year-old officer in the stomach.
He had to be airlifted from maximum-security Long Lartin jail, near Evesham, Worcs, to hospital for emergency surgery.
Two weeks before, the prisons watchdog warned of drones being used to smuggle weapons and drugs into Long Lartin, with the jail's surveillance tech branded obsolete.
A source said: 'The drone drops here are out of control. They fly in phones, knives and drugs.'
He became even more paranoid and obsessive, constantly going on about people disrespecting him.
He carries a prayer mat around and calls out Allahu Akbar.
A source
Taylor, of Sheffield, has a long history of violence.
He was locked up in 2022 for a string of attacks including a three-month 'campaign of violence' in which he stabbed four people and assaulted a fifth with nunchucks.
He was given a 23-year extended sentence, with a minimum of 18 years in custody, avoiding a life term due to his age.
The judge told him: 'You have escaped a life sentence by the narrowest of margins.'
The court heard a psychiatric report revealing Taylor admitted experiencing powerful urges to hurt people for no reason.
When asked directly, he 'admitted that, in a way, it felt good to hurt someone else'.
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Taylor is said to have converted to Islam behind bars at Long Lartin.
Our source said: 'The lad converted a while ago and since then it's like he's become someone else.
'He became even more paranoid and obsessive, constantly going on about people disrespecting him.
'He carries a prayer mat around and calls out Allahu Akbar.'
Taylor is now believed to have been transferred to the separation unit at top-security Belmarsh jail.
West Mercia Police said the attack was not being treated as terror- related, but as a 'disagreement'.
It comes after Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana threw boiling water over a warder at Belmarsh last month, and Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi stabbed and burned four officers with cooking oil at Frankland prison in April.
Jenrick: Give officers guns
PRISON officers should be armed with lethal weapons to combat Islamist gangs, Robert Jenrick claims.
The Shadow Justice Secretary said specialist teams in maximum security jails must have access to guns in exceptional circumstances as well as Tasers and stun grenades.
It follows a spate of attacks on officers and Islamist gangs controlling prison wings across the UK.
Jenrick said: 'Islamist gangs and violent prisoners are out of control. It's a national security emergency.'
A Ministry of Justice source said: 'We are building new prisons and take a zero-tolerance approach to violence and extremism inside.'
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