{"id":40158,"date":"2026-05-18T21:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/40158\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:09:20","slug":"killer-slashed-john-henry-sayers-in-neck-and-face-in-hmp-frankland-attack-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/40158\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer slashed John Henry Sayers in neck and face in HMP Frankland attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Gaote-Oueyeya, 26, launched his attack with a makeshift weapon made from prison cutlery, a court heard.<\/p>\n

15:14, 18 May 2026Updated 16:22, 18 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John Henry Sayers was slashed in an attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham<\/p>\n

A murderer will spend a further four years behind bars after slashing the neck of a fellow inmate. John Henry Sayers required hospital treatment after being attacked by Donald Gaote-Oueyeya at HMP Frankland in April last year.<\/p>\n

Gaote-Oueyeya, 26, was serving a life sentence for killing a 17-year-old boy during a gang attack in Wandsworth, London, when he was also 17.<\/p>\n

Teesside Crown Court heard that shortly after 6pm on April 30, 2025, prisoners at HMP Frankland were out of their cells and taking part in “association time” when Gaote-Oueyeya ran at Sayers on the prison landing and attacked him “without warning”.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John Henry Sayers<\/p>\n

Gaote-Oueyeya repeatedly slashed at Sayers with an improvised blade, believed to have been made from a piece of prison cutlery. Sayers sustained a “fairly deep” 7cm laceration to his neck, a 5cm wound to the right side of his forehead and a 2cm cut to his right ring finger, the court heard.<\/p>\n

He was taken to hospital for further treatment. The court heard that the weapon was never recovered.<\/p>\n

A prison officer also received several cuts to his right arm and a cut on his eye while trying to intervene. The court heard that his injuries were not caused deliberately and Gaote-Oueyeya was sorry that the officer had been caught up in the incident.<\/p>\n

In a victim personal statement written in May last year, the officer told the court: “I still think about the incident itself. Although I haven’t really been back to work properly since, I can’t really put it into context the true impact of it yet but it does make me think more about the job.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t expecting myself to pick up injuries from a weapon, even though I know it’s prison. It does make me realise that we are not fully safe in the jail.”<\/p>\n

In mitigation, Christopher Dunn said there was no excuse for Gaote-Oueyeya’s actions. He said he was unable to go to the authorities for fear of being called a “grass” and he was “frightened”.<\/p>\n

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HMP Frankland in County Durham(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Judge Francis Laird said Gaote-Oueyeya had been a “model prisoner” up until the incident and accepted that it was likely his good behaviour would return after being moved to a different prison.<\/p>\n

Appearing via video link from HMP Long Lartin, Gaote-Oueyeya was sentenced to four years for wounding with intent and nine months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, to be served concurrently to each other after his current sentence.<\/p>\n

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