Prisoner comes off Strangeways roof and into court for smashing up cell

THE prisoner who staged a 12-hour overnight protest on the roof of Strange ways has caused more than £50,000-worth of damage at other jails, a court heard.

- ETHAN DAVIES

Joe Outlaw, 36, is serving time at HMP Manchester after he was handed an indeterminate imprisonment for public protection sentence (IPP) for robbery in 2011 - effectively meaning he was not given a set release date.

Having spent time in other jails across the UK, he committed acts of criminal damage which added another seven years to his prison term.

Yesterday, that extra total became eight years and four months, after Outlaw was given a further sentence of 16 months for causing damage to a prison cell at HMP Hindley in Wigan last January-with £7,000 spent on repairs.

Less than six hours after climbing down from Strangeways' roof, Outlaw appeared at Bolton Crown Court, where he was handed a further jail term for criminal damage to the cell.

He yawned in court and said he was a 'bit tired' following his rooftop escapades.