Prisoners arranged for a ‘guard’s car to be firebombed for revenge’ — but bombed the wrong vehicle

PRISONERS arranged for a guard’s car to be firebombed after he cracked down on them but got the wrong vehicle.

A white BMW owned by a prison nurse was left a charred wreck in the car park outside HMP Risley, Cheshire.

The target’s BMW was a different colour.

A source said: “This was a revenge attack. A prison officer was warned his BMW would be torched because he was doing his job.

“Intelligence suggests prisoners ordered the hit on smuggled mobiles to make a point."

Glyn Travis of the Prison Officers Association said: “This is another example of the violence our members face on a daily basis.

“Clearly, an attempt has been made to intimidate staff via a cowardly attack on one of their vehicles.

“It underlines what a tough job officers face at a time when we are understaffed and underpaid.”

The category C jail holds 1,095 inmates and the twelve inmates involved were shipped to other jails across the country following the attack.