Told in 2019 he would serve a minimum 34 years for murdering a former Britain’s Got Talent contestant, a Whitemoor, March inmate, Jordan Crowley, has been given a further 32 months for a brutal attack on a prison officer.
Crowley, 26, attacked the prison officer at Whitemoor after being let out of his cell to see a nurse.
The injured officer was taken to Peterborough City Hospital before being transferred to Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, where it was established he had suffered a bleed on his brain.
He underwent surgery and remained in hospital for three months.
Crowley was just 21 when a judge at Northampton Crown in 2019 jailed him and other members of a drugs gang for stabbing to death the former BGT contestant Reece Ottaway, 23, in a botched robbery for drugs and money.
All five gang members were involved in the 2018 murder of Reece with Crowley, also known as Jordan Kimpton, 21, of Sam Harrison Way, Duston, sentenced to a minimum of 34 years.
Adison Smith, 20 – who posed for pictures alongside with machetes during a break-in at Reece’s flat – was told he would serve a minimum of 31 years in prison.
The gang wrongly believed Reece had made £30,000 from selling drugs when they broke into home. They smashed down his door armed with machetes, knives, and a baseball bat.
After surrounding Reece in his bed, they stabbed him 22 times. The gang eventually fled the scene with just £10 and two mobile phones.
On Thursday at Peterborough Crown Court a judge added 32 months to Crowley’s original sentence after hearing details of the Whitemoor assault.
Crowley had promised to return immediately to his cell when the prison officer allowed him out to see a nurse.
About 20 minutes later the prison officer spotted Crowley in the gym and told him to return to his cell.
When Crowley refused, the officer tried to reason with him but without warning, Crowley punched him, causing him to fall to the floor and hit his head.
Other officers sprayed Crowley with PAVA, and he was led away.
Crowley, previously of Duston, Northampton, admitted grievous bodily harm without intent.
DC Emma Purser said: “The prison officer was acting professionally and trying to reason with Crowley when he suddenly launched this completely unwarranted attack.
“The victim required surgery and an extended course of treatment in hospital, before having to return due to complications. The attack has had a long-lasting impact on him.
“Without the swift actions of his colleagues at HMP Whitemoor this assault could have been fatal. Their care in the aftermath of the incident was vital to the victim’s recovery and without them things could have been even worse.
“Prison officers do a difficult job in incredibly challenging circumstances. To be attacked like this is completely unacceptable.”
