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Daniel Sonnex launched an attack on a prison officer after makeshift glider he was building was discovered Sonnex had been jailed for at least 40 years in 2008 for the torturing and stabbing to death of two French students

By Phil Vinter

PUBLISHED: 16:10 EST, 7 November 2012 | UPDATED: 16:32 EST, 7 November 2012

Convicted killer Daniel Sonnex attacked a prison guard at Lartin jail in Evesham

A man serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of two French students attempted to construct a glider out of fridge shelves, a mattress, coat hangers and bed sheets so he could 'fly out of prison'.

The makeshift contraption, which had been cobbled together by convicted killer Daniel Sonnex, was discovered by prison officer Richard Stringfellow on June 19, 2010, Reading Crown Court heard.

Sonnex was jailed for life in 2008 for the torturing and stabbing to death of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez.

He was serving his sentence at HMS Lartin maximum security jail in Evesham when he launched an attack on Mr Stringfellow.

The court was told that 27-year-old Sonnex, jumped on the officer's back and holding a knife, shouted: 'I'm going to slit your f****** throat.'

As he was restrained by other officers, Sonnex, who had previously converted to Islam and appeared in court wearing a Muslim headdress, started shouting, foaming at the mouth and chanting in Arabic.

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First identified about four decades ago, these killer viruses can cause their victims to bleed both internally and from the mucosal membranes of the eyes, nose and elsewhere. A severe infection can also produce neurological problems, including tremors and brain swelling.

But mounting evidence indicates these terrifying diseases, which occur in Africa, may not be the terrifying new arrivals called emerging infectious diseases they have been labeled, a team of researchers argues.

Genetic evidence and signs of widespread exposure to these diseases in parts of Africa indicate they are, in fact, well-established diseases only discovered by Western medicine about 40 years ago, they say.

Tricky symptoms

The horrific symptoms associated with these hemorrhagic fevers may have obscured their more mundane manifestations, said researcher Pardis Sabeti, an associate professor at Harvard University.

"You notice something when it does something horrible, and you just assume that whenever it happens, the horrible thing happens," Sabeti said. "You see what is visible, and you don't see what is not."

Contrary to popular perception, the hemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola and Lassa, can cause general, flulike symptoms fever, sore throat, cough particularly during early onset. This can make them easily confused with other common diseases in Africa, such as typhoid fever and malaria, said Stephen Gire, a research scientist in Sabetis lab.

What's more, many patients never go to the hospital; deaths associated with fever are common in many parts of the developing world, Sabeti, Gire and colleagues write.

Sabeti and Gire are among researchers who have been studying Lassa and helping communities affected by it as part of an international collaboration with Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone and the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.

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''I was actually experimenting on making a glider and a shield in order to protect myself at the same time,'' he told the court.

''A glider in order so I could fly from the rooftop over the wall of the prison establishment.''

He said when Mr Stringfellow saw him with the ''glider'', he feared he would be taken to the segregation unit and killed.

''I believed they was going to take me to the segregation and kill me,'' he said.

''I have heard rumours of them killing within the segregation at HMP Long Lartin, plus I believed that they was out to assassinate me as well.

''I thought, 'I need to get out of here'.''

Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez

Daniel Sonnex is serving a minimum of 40 years for torturing and stabbing to death Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez in June 2008.

Reading Crown Court has heard the 27-year-old jumped on Mr Stringfellow's back, holding a knife to his throat, shouting: ''I'm going to slit your f***ing throat.''

As he was restrained by other officers, Sonnex started shouting, foaming at the mouth and chanting in Arabic, the court has heard.

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7 November 2012 Last updated at 15:02 ET

A man serving a life sentence for the murder of two French students jumped on one of his prison guards and held a knife to his throat, a court has heard.

Reading Crown Court was told Daniel Sonnex jumped on Richard Stringfellow's back and held a vegetable knife to his throat in June 2010.

The jury heard it happened at HMP Long Lartin, Worcestershire, where Sonnex was serving life for two murders.

Sonnex, 27, denies falsely imprisoning the guard and threatening to kill him.

The court was told how Sonnex, who had converted to Islam, started shouting, foaming at the mouth and chanting in Arabic when he was restrained by other prison officers after the attack on 19 June 2010.

The jury was told that two years earlier - in June 2008 - Sonnex tortured and stabbed to death Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez.

They were also told he was sentenced to life, with a minimum tariff of 40 years for the double murder.

Sonnex, formerly of Deptford, south-east London, is now being held at high-security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor, the jury also heard.

The court heard that Sonnex admitted jumping on Mr Stringfellow and holding the knife to his throat, but said he never intended to hurt him.

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Ebola and Lassa are hemorrhagic fevers, made memorable by the horrific symptoms that can accompany them.

First identified about four decades ago, these killer viruses can cause their victims to bleed both internally and from the mucosal membranes of the eyes, nose and elsewhere. A severe infection can also produce neurological problems, including tremors and brain swelling.

But mounting evidence indicates these terrifying diseases, which occur in Africa, may not be the terrifying new arrivals called emerging infectious diseases they have been labeled, a team of researchers argues.

Genetic evidence and signs of widespread exposure to these diseases in parts of Africa indicate they are, in fact, well-established diseases only discovered by Western medicine about 40 years ago, they say.

Tricky symptoms

The horrific symptoms associated with these hemorrhagic fevers may have obscured their more mundane manifestations, said researcher Pardis Sabeti, an associate professor at Harvard University.

"You notice something when it does something horrible, and you just assume that whenever it happens, the horrible thing happens," Sabeti said. "You see what is visible, and you don't see what is not."

Contrary to popular perception, the hemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola and Lassa, can cause general, flulike symptoms fever, sore throat, cough particularly during early onset. This can make them easily confused with other common diseases in Africa, such as typhoid fever and malaria, said Stephen Gire, a research scientist in Sabetis lab.

What's more, many patients never go to the hospital; deaths associated with fever are common in many parts of the developing world, Sabeti, Gire and colleagues write.

Sabeti and Gire are among researchers who have been studying Lassa and helping communities affected by it as part of an international collaboration with Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone and the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.

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