Two prisoners in court over murder of child rapist

Michael Parr and Nathan Mann accused of killing fellow inmate Mitchell Harrison in his cell at Frankland Prison

Two prisoners have appeared in court after a convicted child rapist was brutally murdered in his cell.

Michael Parr, 32, and Nathan Mann, 23, appeared at Peterlee trial court charged with the murder of Mitchell Harrison at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham.

The body of Harrison, 23, originally from Wolverhampton, was found by prison staff, on Saturday morning.

A post-mortem examination found he died of multiple injuries.

Each man spoke only to answer his name during the brief hearing Monday.

They are accused of collaborating with the murder.

Neither entered a plea of ??guilty and the case was transferred to the Crown Court at Newcastle, where men will face a judge Wednesday.

They were remanded in custody.
Harrison was serving an indeterminate sentence of at least four and a half years after being convicted at Carlisle Crown Court in January last year of raping a 13-year old.