Teen lag leaves prison officer with PTSD after scarring him for life with kettle of hot water
Quinton Nelson left prison guard Graham Home with burns to his head, neck and arms after the vicious attack
A TEEN inmate is facing longer behind bars after throwing a kettle of hot water at a prison guard.
Quinton Nelson, 17, left Graham Home with burns to his head, neck and arms after the attack.
The brute – who was on remand waiting to be sentenced for robbery and GBH – was said to have had a grudge over staff.
He had been restrained by officers and was moved cells following a fight.
Nelson attacked the guard as he went to serve him his meal.
Mr Home – who has been left scarred – has retired after 25 years because of post traumatic stress disorder.
He luckily managed to turn his head to stop his face being scalded.
Other lags were heard cheering, banging doors and shouting: "He's done a guv."
It happened on the youth wing of HMP Cookham Wood in Rochester, Kent in January.
Nelson – who has previous six convictions for 16 offences - denied the water was boiling.
He was cleared of GBH but admitted ABH at Maidstone crown court.
Mr Home said: "I was assuming he was picking up his plate and bowl. He then reappeared, shouted something at me and threw the kettle of hot water over me.
"I reacted by reflex. The action was clearly aggressive towards me. I turned my back and turned away to try and avoid what was coming at me. I believe the water would have hit me square in the face.
"It appeared immediately to be of a very high temperature because I was in a huge amount of pain pretty much straightaway."
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"I didn't want to scream or yell out, although I was clearly in a lot of pain. I was trying to keep as calm as possible and leave the landing for treatment.
"What you can't hear is there was a lot of cheering and yelling coming from other cells. If I was screaming and yelling it would have inflamed the situation."
Nelson will be sentenced for the prison guard attack next Friday.
He got two-and-a-half years for the original crimes he was remand for.
It comes after riots and prisoner escapes have highlighted problems in the UK's prisons.