Convicted child abuser attacked by other prisoners

Alvin Rudder, who was recently convicted for sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl, has been placed in solitary confinement after he was attacked on Sunday at the Camp Street Prison.

Rudder was sentenced to 10 years in prison last Thursday after being convicted on one of two counts of engaging in sexual activity with the child. Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels told Stabroek News that based on preliminary investigations it has been determined that Rudder was targeted because of the offence for which he was convicted.

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