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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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Daniel Sonnex: Double killer tried to build glider out of fridge shelves, coat hangers and bed sheets to escape prison