Slashed warden blasts killer’s ‘pathetic’ Facebook rant

A former prison guard who was almost killed by a triple executioner has slammed his attacker for moaning on Facebook from behind bars.

Murderer Kevan Thakrar slashed Craig Wylde with a broken sauce bottle at Durham’s high-security Frankland prison in 2010.

Dad-of-one Mr Wylde may never work again, suffers terrifying flashbacks and relies on prescription drugs to ease his “constant and excruciating” pain.

And the married 31-year-old has told of his fresh anger at Thakrar’s childish post on Facebook in which the murderer:

Moans about prison food.

Complains about the sound of workmen’s drills and hammers.

Whines that he is not allowed nail clippers in his cell.

Kevin blasted: “He is a psychopath who is in prison for horrible crimes and shows no remorse. Then he assaulted a prison officer and is now moaning about his treatment.

“He deserves all he gets.”

Killer Thakrar, 25, is serving a life sentence for murdering three men with a machine gun over a £10,000 drug debt. The callous killer even stabbed a woman who was protecting her child. He was jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 35 years.

But, in a plea to be released from a secure unit in Manchester’s Strangeways’ jail, he wrote: “Since my arrival here, things have gone from bad to worse.

“A temporary partition is being rebuilt, meaning the sound of drills and sledgehammers is a regular occurrence.”

In his letter on the Justice for Kev Facebook page, Thakrar goes on: “I have lost over a stone and a half since this place became my home. The food portions are tiny and the food hardly eatable.

“In my cell I have nothing but a few legal papers and mail. No TV, radio, kettle, hair clippers, nail clippers or religious items.”

His letter ends: “Please help or I’ll be left with nothing but the company of my fellow victims.”

“It is pathetic,” said Mr Wylde. “He’s like a little child who wants to be the centre of attention.

“If you put him in a cell with Sky TV, an ocean view and steak every night, he would still complain.”

Mr Wylde was ferociously attacked while he was helping a female colleague after Thakrar barricaded himself in his cell.

Thackrar wounded Mr Wylde severing a major artery in his arm before badly injuring the female guard and another officer.

Mr Wylde, of Durham, lost eight pints of blood. Despite numerous operations, he still can’t use his left hand. Specialists told him he may never be able to work and he has been given methadone to wean him off heavy painkillers.

He’s also been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

He said: “I thought I was going to die. There was blood flowing out like somebody was emptying a bottle.”

Mr Wylde, whose wife Kat is expecting a baby, is now re-building his life.

He said: “We’ve found out we’re having another girl, which is great. But the experts have all said that I am going to be almost unemployable.

“Thakrar should never get out.”

A spokesman said the Prison Service could not comment on individual cases.

He said: “The high security estate holds some of the most difficult and disruptive prisoners who present a unique set of challenges for prison management and staff. “