A Hells Angels bikie is one in every of three Yatala prisoners on the centre of an investigation into an alleged assault on one other prisoner that left him with “grotesque” jailhouse tattoos.
Bizarrely, it will also be revealed detectives are actively investigating whether or not or not the inmate fabricated particulars of the incident, falsely alleging he was drugged and sexually assaulted.
Sources have advised The Advertiser the police investigation has to this point uncovered no proof to assist the prisoner’s claims he was both drugged or sexually assaulted.
Nonetheless, on February 19 – the day the inmate reported the alleged incident – jail officers at Yatala searched a number of cells in F Division and recovered an unlawful tattoo gun and needles that had been used to create the tattoos on the inmate’s thigh, abdomen and chest.
The subsequent day additional searches had been carried out and extra tattoo gun needles, gloves and alcohol swabs had been situated.
The three prisoners alleged by the inmate to have been concerned within the incident have all been separated and transferred to Yatala’s high-security G Division.
A sexually specific picture that was tattooed on the prisoner through the alleged assault.
Correctional Companies chief govt David Brown on Tuesday declined to touch upon the progress of the investigation he had ordered.
“It will be inappropriate to remark at this stage,” he stated.
Final Friday, Mr Brown described the allegations as “deeply disturbing“.
“When such allegations come up it’s a felony matter with none query and SAPOL are instantly introduced in, sexual assault providers are introduced into the image and we’re very proactive in gathering proof and supporting police within the work they’re doing,” he stated.
The Advertiser final Friday revealed the incident was the topic of two separate investigations – a felony inquiry being carried out by Jap District detectives and an inside assessment by Correctional Companies’ intelligence and investigations unit.
Unlawful tattoo weapons and needles had been recovered from cells in Yatala Labor Jail’s F Division.
The investigations had been triggered when the prisoner was taken to Yatala’s infirmary after jail officers seen he had recent tattoos that wanted medical therapy for an infection.
The inmate advised jail docs and jail officers he had been “forcibly tattooed” and nominated the prisoners concerned. He additionally stated he had been sexually assaulted, however didn’t present additional particulars.
The Hells Angels bikie nominated by the inmate as being concerned is serving virtually 5 years for offences together with aggravated critical felony trespass, discharging a firearm to injure, aggravated assault and breach of bail.
The inmate who has made the allegations is in custody after pleading responsible to aggravated theft. He has not but been sentenced.
A Corrections supply stated if the inmate had falsely claimed his fellow prisoners had drugged and sexually assaulted him, his future “could be very attention-grabbing”.
“If he has made this up for his personal functions he’s in a spot of hassle,” the supply stated.
“It will not be simply the three he has made the allegations in opposition to he should fear about, everybody will likely be lining him up wherever they put him.”
The continued investigations may also decide how the unlawful tattoo gun and needles had been smuggled into F Division and whether or not or not the inmate was complicit within the different inmates tattooing his physique.
The big, amateurish tattoos comprise derogatory, sexually specific phrases and imagery. They had been described by a Corrections supply as “horrific and grotesque”.
In 2020 there have been 560 incidents through which contraband was confiscated in SA’s prisons. Of these, 150 had been at Yatala.
Of the 150 incidents of confiscated contraband at Yatala, 63 had been associated to illicit substances, 31 had been associated to smoking (together with tobacco, matches, lighters, papers) and 56 had been associated to another merchandise that’s prohibited inside a jail atmosphere comparable to cell phones, dwelling brews and prescription treatment.
Initially printed as Hells Angels bikie linked to Yatala tattoo terror
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