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Reports Revisit Joanne Dennehy’s Diary Escape Plot Involving Guard’s Severed Finger

Fresh coverage draws on court documents to describe a thwarted plan that continues to shape her high‑security management.

Overview

  • New reports highlight 2016 court records that detailed a diary plan to kill a female officer and use her finger to bypass biometric locks.
  • Barrister Tom Weisselberg told the court the plot involved two other inmates and sought keys and access via fingerprint systems.
  • Prison authorities placed Dennehy in segregation at HMP Bronzefield and required an escape‑prevention suit after assessing a credible flight risk.
  • Judges later rejected her human‑rights challenge over prolonged isolation, calling the measures necessary and denying compensation.
  • Dennehy remains on a whole‑life order for three 2013 murders, with reported volatile conduct and in‑custody relationships informing her management at HMP Low Newton.