From: ian blenkharn@ianblenkharn.com
Category: Miscellaneous
Date: 24 Okt 2009
Time: 13:57:06 +0200
Remote Name: 86.138.129.234
A prison officer has gone on trial for allegedly making a false needle stick claim in Mountjoy Prison.
"Robert O'Neill (44) with an address in Co Meath, has pleaded not guilty to making a false allegation on May 5, 2006 that his hand was pricked by a syringe left on a palm reading device at Mountjoy Prison the previous day
This is clearly a very difficult case. If the incident actually happened the risks of BBV transmission must be very high. Prisons hold a high proportion of drug users, many on methadone but many others still managing to get hold of illicit drugs smuggled in with the help of visitors and, not infrequently, corrupt prison staff. The incidence of HIV, Hep B and Hep C carriage is very high and the risks of transmission reflect this.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/prison-officer-accused-of-lying-about-needle-injury-1922939.html
http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2009/1022/ireland/eymhkfcwidql/