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Inmate sentenced for Mark Bridger attack | Inmate sentenced for Mark Bridger attack |
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A prisoner who attacked child killer Mark Bridger to try to get him to say where April Jones's body was hidden has been given a second life term. | |
Convicted murderer and rapist Juvinal Ferreira, 24, attacked Bridger with a knife fashioned out of a razor at Wakefield Prison in July. | Convicted murderer and rapist Juvinal Ferreira, 24, attacked Bridger with a knife fashioned out of a razor at Wakefield Prison in July. |
As well as the second life sentence, a judge ordered Ferreira's minimum term to be increased by five years. | |
Bridger, from Machynlleth in Powys, was jailed for life for murder in May. | |
Leeds Crown Court heard Ferreira and other life prisoners had talked about attacking Bridger to make him reveal the whereabouts of five-year-old April's body. | |
The attack happened three days after Bridger was allowed to associate with other prisoners. | |
Ferreira admitted wounding with intent at a previous hearing. |