Murder and kidnapping accused Silas Mack is expected to face "disciplinary charges" after he was beaten while in custody at the Maximum Security Prison (MSP), Arouca, and had to be hospitalised. The incident took place last week at a Top Security Division of the prison where "high-risk" inmates are kept. Mack, 39, was reportedly beaten by prisons officers, and not inmates, during a fracas.
According sources, Mack and another inmate were engaged in a heated argument which led to a fight. Officers intervened and one of them was reportedly punched in the face and bitten by Mack. At the time of the incident, Mack was leaving his cell to go into the yard when an inmate, whose cell was not closed properly, sprung out of the cell and a fight between him and Mack ensued, an officer said. He said after his colleague was attacked while attempting to quell the disturbance, other officers had "to apply a level of force" to subdue both men.
"He (Mack) received a good cut-tail for beating up the officer," an officer at the prison said. "We run things inside of here, things don't run we." Mack, a PH taxi driver of King Sultan Avenue, Cunupia, is before the court, charged with the murder of Gail Durity, 19. He is also charged with kidnapping Leah Lammy, eight, Devika Lalman, Sally Lobai, 26 and Rianna Parag, 16. Mack is jointly charged with Ishmael Mohammed with the kidnap, rape and robbery of a woman in Piarco.
