Jak Jones told his attacker, Corrie Russell, he holds no hate towards him despite a savage assault with a customised toothbrush which had two blades on it which left him with permanent scarring.
Maidstone Crown Court heard Jones is serving a long sentence for murder when he was 18 in 2003.
He has been left left “psychologically and mentally impacted” after being attacked by Russell at HMP Swaleside on Sheppey in April 2021.
Russell, 29, was convicted of wounding with intent following a trial in October.
He had been in prison after being handed a 13-year sentence for a similar offence in 2018 where he chased a random man down a street and stabbed him with a hunting knife.
In his sentencing remarks, Recorder Daniel Stevenson detailed how the attack in the jail happened during the Covid-19 pandemic where restrictions were put in place.
“I don’t have any hate or anger towards you [Russell] at all. I’m not happy with any sentence you get…”
During that time, Jones’s mental health had deteriorated and he had started to use the common prison drug spice, which Russell had been selling and supplying to him.
After a period of time, Jones worked to get off of the drug and had told Russell he didn’t want it anymore. However, the court heard Russell ignored this and continued to give it to him.
On one occasion Jones had enough and flushed it down the toilet, to which Russell told him that he owed him money.
Recorder Stevenson said: “You said he owed you money and told him you would ‘cut him and f*** him up’.”
On April 30, Russell had been doing his washing in the laundry room and was on his way back to his cell when he saw Jones walking down the stairs.
Russell then ran back to the laundry room where some of his friends were and called Jones to come into the room where there is no CCTV.
The court heard how Russell then “lunged forward” and slashed Jones’s face, leaving him with two 16cm wounds and a “significant amount of blood” pouring from his face.
Russell denied the offence but was convicted after a trial earlier this year.
In an impact statement, Jones said: “I’m here for a terrible crime which has made me think. This attack has had a huge impact on my life mentally and physically.
“I don’t have any hate or anger towards you [Russell] at all. I’m not happy with any sentence you get.
“I know what you’re going to go through in a cell on your own for so long and what you’re going to miss out on.”
Reading a letter he had written, Russell told the court he had “sincere remorse” for what he had done and that he “deeply regrets” his actions and any effect it may have had on the former inmate.
In sentencing Russell, Recorder Stevenson said the attack was “designed to cause disfigurement” and had left Jones with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety.
He was handed a nine-year custodial sentence and told he will serve three years on licence, equalling a 12-year sentence.
This will begin next November after his current sentence for a knife attack in 2018 ends.
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