Sarah Payne's murderer Roy Whiting has detailed the moment a fellow inmate allegedly tried to kill him in his cell.
Andrew Light, 45, attacked the paedophile in HMP Wakefield with a 'wooden shank' leaving him 'bleeding heavily' from multiple wounds to his head and neck due to the 'ferocity' of the attack, a court heard.
The child murderer told a jury at Leeds Crown Court: 'I bled a hell of a lot, I thought it's something major.'
Whiting, who was serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of eight-year-old Sarah in July 2000, was allegedly stabbed by Light with the improvised weapon on February 11, 2024.
Prosecutor Michael Smith said he would 'not be seeking any sympathy for Roy Whiting', but he is 'the victim'.
