Overview
- Counter Terror Policing North East, which announced the case Tuesday, charged 47-year-old Ahmed Ali Alid with attempted murder, assault causing actual bodily harm, and possessing an offensive weapon in prison.
- Alid is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday afternoon for his first appearance on the new charges.
- The allegations relate to staff injured at HMP Full Sutton on August 8, 2025, and at HMP Wakefield on October 21, 2025, according to police.
- Alid is a Moroccan national already serving a life sentence for murdering 70-year-old Terence Carney in Hartlepool in 2024, a killing a judge ruled was a terrorist act linked to grievances over the Israel–Gaza conflict.
- The case is led by a counter-terror unit, highlighting risks from extremist offenders in custody, and coverage varied as GB News stressed Alid’s asylum status and ideology while local outlets focused on the fresh charges and court steps.