Overview
- The assault occurred on February 13 as a cell door was being unlocked after a routine practice of locking prisoners in the showers at HMP Deerbolt.
- The officer suffered a fractured jaw and was treated at James Cook University Hospital, where doctors said it would heal without surgery.
- Daryl Greener pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and Judge Mark McKone ordered the new sentence to run consecutively.
- Greener is already serving a 54‑month term for a separate slashing offence, which began in May 2024, with an earliest release in February 2027.
- In a statement, the officer said he feels unsafe and has taken time off work, and the court heard Greener had previously been segregated for behaviour.