Loo brush weapon
TWENTY-TWO weapons - including knives, nails, a dental tool and a toilet brush handle - were seized during searches of Magilligan jail over the past three years, the Justice Minister David Ford has revealed.
Between January 2009 and December 2011 the weapons were recovered as a result of cell, property, and prisoner searches.
Amongst the items recovered were a four inch long metal blade; a double blade melted into a razor handle; a stanley knife; an unauthorised tool; a six inch nail sharpened to a point; razor blades; a toilet brush handle; a large nail; a shank made from dental tool; two blades and a melted plastic knife; a plastic curtain rail with three screws attached; and two razor blades melted onto a toothbrush handle.
The Minister outlined the details in response to an Assembly Question.