Sex-assault inmate groped prison officers

A PRISONER groped two Forest Bank officers while they served her food in her cell - after being locked up for sexually assaulting a nurse.

- AMY WALKER

Katana Paris, 27, who identifies as a woman, assaulted the male and female staff members at the Salford prison last year.

The first officer, a woman, was serving Paris breakfast with the help of two inmates. Paris walked towards her and touched her inappropriately. The following day, while being served lunch by a male prison officer, she reached through the hatch in her cell door and grabbed his genitals.

Paris, who was part way through serving a three-year sentence the time for sexual assaulting a nurse, admitted two counts of sexual assault. At Manchester Crown Court, she was handed a six-month sentence to be added to her prison time.

Prosecuting, Megan Edwards said that Paris, who uses female pronouns, was on remand at Forest Bank prison for an offence of sexual assault. The day of the incident, a female prison officer was on breakfast duty at around 7.50am.

"She approached the defendant's cell and unlocked the door in order to serve her breakfast," Mrs Edwards said. "She stepped out of the cell, which was unusual, as prisoners would normally remain in their cell.