Trial set for inmate accused of prison imam attack
PAA trial date has been set for an inmate at a high-security jail accused of trying to murder the prison's imam.
Roderic Vassie was stabbed five times in the head and neck after Friday prayers at HMP Full Sutton in East Yorkshire on 8 August 2025, the Old Bailey heard.
Ahmed Alid, 47, is charged with attempted murder, unauthorised possession in prison of a knife or offensive weapon and actual bodily harm.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told Alid, who appeared in court via video link from HMP Wakefield, that his trial would take place at Sheffield Crown Court on 30 November.
Prosecutor Philip McGhee told the court Alid, who was living in Hartlepool before being sent to prison, had "shouted words which suggest ideological alignment with Isis".
Alid is also accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Wakefield prison officer Sarah Mitchell on 21 October 2025, after he had been moved to the jail.
He has been remanded into custody following the hearing on Friday.
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