Overview

• Andrew Light, 45, is accused of attempted murder after prosecutors say he burst into Roy Whiting’s single cell at HMP Wakefield on February 11, 2024.
• Prison officer Alex Dyson told jurors Light stabbed Whiting at least a dozen times in the head, neck and stomach before officers intervened.
• Dyson recounted hearing Light declare “that was for Sarah Payne” as he was restrained and Whiting took refuge under his bed.
• Roy Whiting, 66, suffered multiple non-life-threatening wounds including a deep cut to his ear and was treated with medical glue without hospitalisation.
• Light has admitted possessing a bladed article and unlawfully wounding Whiting but denies the charges of attempted murder and wounding with intent.