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05/04/03 - Nailbomber savagely
beaten in Broadmoor
EXCLUSIVE by NATHAN YATES
The Mirror
NAZI nailbomber David Copeland, who terrorised immigrant
and gay communities, has been beaten up in Broadmoor by
a fellow patient.
Copeland, 26, was battered to the floor in his room and
kicked in the head.
Staff heard his screams and dashed to the rescue -
possibly saving his life.
Copeland, a British National Party activist, brought
horror to London in the spring of 1999, killing three
people and injuring 139 - many of whom were maimed for
life.
He was in his private room on Taunton ward at Broadmoor
when his attacker - 6ft 5ins and black - walked in and
shut the door behind him.
A source at the top-security mental hospital said:
"Copeland was in a mess. He was beaten to the floor
and kicked in the head.
"Members of staff heard him crying out and they
ran to the room.
"He had to be taken away to the medical area for
treatment to his injuries."
Copeland's attacker, who was on the same medium-dependency
ward, has now been moved to the ultra-secure Banbury
section.
A nailbomb planted in bustling Brixton market, South
London, was the start of Copeland's racist terror four
years ago.
Days later he tried to kill members of the Asian community
by placing a similar device in Brick Lane, East London.
Then he blew up the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho on April
30, 1999.
Andrea Dykes, 27, who was four months pregnant, her
friend John Light, 32, and Nik Moore, 31, died in that
attack.
Copeland was given six life sentences at the Old Bailey
in July 2000. A jury decided, despite his plea of insanity,
that he knew what he was doing.
But he was diagnosed with a personality disorder and
went to Broadmoor.
There he is allowed a TV and CD player and has access
to a gym. A spokesman for Broadmoor declined to discuss
the beating, saying: " Any potential criminal act
which occurs within the hospital is referred to the police."
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