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Madala Washington

Age: 25

Sex: male

Date: 1 Apr 2016

Place: HMP Coldingley, Bisley, Surrey

Madala Washington was stabbed in the stomach in HMP Coldingley where he was a prisoner.

Another prisoner was charged with his murder but acquitted after saying that he had only punched Madala Washington in a fight and hadn't stabbed him. He said that someone else must have stabbed him.

It was said that they had argued over a mobile phone whilst on their way to prayers at lunchtime on Friday 1 April 2016 in the prison and had had a fight during which he had stabbed him. They had been separated by another inmate after which Madala Washington had collapsed and later died.

It was said that following the fight, Madala Washington had appeared to be laughing and was described as being 'hyper'.

A prisoner that saw the fight said, 'He had his t-shirt and wiped his mouth with blood. He was laughing at one stage. Then he was walking around, he was still hyper and started walking up the stairs. From where I was, he was holding the rail on the stairs and then he fell down the stairs. He was facing everyone going up. He was standing on the second or third step. He was shifting on his feet looking for some people. He was waiting for someone. What I saw he just jumped in the crowd putting people aside. From where I was, he was in front of me. He was pushing people aside and then he grabbed someone, trying to lift them. Then this smaller guy sped round and started throwing punches. I saw him pulling about three or four punches at Mr Washington. I saw he had his left-hand round the neck of Mr Washington and punched him with his right. He put both hands on the head of Mr Washington and tried to knee him in between the legs'

It was said then that the other prisoner broke the fight up by putting his hands between them.

The prisoner that saw the fight said, 'Somebody behind me said: 'Is he trying to stab him?''.

Madala Washington was attended to by an air ambulance but died about an hour after being stabbed.

Madala Washington had been serving nine years for drugs charges at the time after being convicted of two counts of conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin in 2014.

HMP Coldingley was a Category C jail.


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