A man who allegedly raped a two-week-old baby is being kept on 24-hour guard in jail to ‘stop other prisoners from attacking him’.
The man, 25, is being held at HMP Maghaberry in Northern Ireland and was arrested last weekend on suspicion of raping the baby at a home.
He is being treated as a ‘Special Person At Risk’ which means inmates such as terrorists and murderers are being kept away from him.
A source told The Sun said: ‘He has been located in a secure unit for his own protection. He is also on round-the-clock watch in case he presents any evidence of suicidal thoughts.
‘I would be pretty sure that if any other prisoners got near him they would lynch him, such is the outrage being expressed by inmates on the landings.’
The source added that feelings are extremely high, both inside and outside the prison.
The man appeared at Armagh Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, and the infant is said to be from Annalong, which is a seaside village.
The child is being treated in intensive care at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.
