Teen jailed for ex-soldier's murder held prisoner hostage for five hours

Victim Richard Jones was tied up, hooded and threatened with an improvised razor blade knife, Stafford Crown Court heard.

He was kept prisoner in his own cell while his captors, Callum Brooks and Vaughan Davies treated his terror as a big joke, the hearing was told last week.

A negotiator failed to persuade the pair to come out and the stand-off only ended when the prison riot squad smashed down the door, threw in flash grenades and dragged the hostage-takers out.

Brooks, aged 20, who is serving nine years for arson and robbery imposed by Liverpool Crown Court, was given an extra three years added on consecutively after admitting unlawful imprisonment.

Davies, aged 19, of Derby, who has been jailed life for the murder of a Birmingham pensioner, was given two years to run concurrently.

Recorder Mr Andrew Baker QC told him: "It's regrettable that will have little effect on you. I hope you understand your sentence will keep you in custody until your early 30s - I can't speak what assessment will be made about you in 13 years time, but if you behave like this you can't expect to get out."

Davies was ordered to serve a minimum 14 years before even being considered for parole for the murder of Brian Farmer, aged 64, in May 2012. The ex-soldier who had served more than 20 years in the Army, was stabbed, had boiling water poured over him and was force-fed drugs. Davies was among four people convicted of his killing.

Mr Graham Russell, prosecuting, said the Swinfen Hall siege happened on March 19 this year. The terrified victim suffered from Asperger's syndrome and asthma.

He was bundled in to his cell by his captors who blocked the door. They tied his hands and feet and put a pillow case put over his head.

Brooks, who had a razor blade stuck in a piece of plastic cutlery, and told prison officers he had taken a hostage because he wanted a transfer. The pair demanded a helicopter and a McDonald's meal, but their joviality came to an end when the six-man intervention team arrived.

Mr Adam Pearson, for Davies, said: "He is still a teenager and at the beginning of a very, very long sentence. He'll not be released before May 2027 and there is no guarantee he will be released even then."

Mr Darron Whitehead, for Brooks, said the pair laughed and joked over the situation.