The evil killer of five-year-old April Jones has been attacked in prison for a second time – as her sister says ‘he deserves it’.
Mark Bridger was targeted by another inmate at HMP Wakefield last week which left him with grazes to his hand, according to reports.
While on the first attack, which occurred shortly after he was jailed, he was slashed with a knife made out of a razor and needed stitches on his face.
The Prison Service said his assailant was on report ahead of a hearing to decide his punishment.
Last night, April’s half-sister, Hazel, told The Sun: ‘He deserves everything he’s getting. He literally deserves it all.
‘I’ve got kids myself now and it’s scary to know there are people like that living on your doorstep.
‘I am glad he’s in prison for life. He’s going to carry on getting hurt.’
She added that her father died never knowing where April’s body was.
Mark Bridger, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 after he was found guilty of abducting and killing April, has been attacked in jail for a second time
April Jones, five, was killed by Mark Bridger on 1 October 2012 after he abducted her in his car in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales
The search for April (pictured) was the largest search for a missing person in the UK, and lasted until April 22 2013. Her half-sister, Hazel, said: ‘He deserves everything he’s getting’
The young girl was killed by paedophile Bridger in October 2012 after he abducted her in his car in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales.
Her disappearance led to the largest missing person search in UK police history.
Bridger was interviewed by police following April’s disappearance, and initially claimed he had run the child over while she was riding her bicycle with a friend, and that he did not remember disposing of her body because he was drunk.
But police doubted Bridger’s version, due to the fact his car showed no sign of having experienced a collision, illegal content and the absence of blood in the car.
Crucially, Bridger’s version differed from April’s seven-year-old friend, who had been out playing with her, and saw the five-year-old girl willingly hop into a car.
Search of Bridger’s house also found April’s blood in his bathroom and living room.
They also found a cache of child porn on his computer, including Facebook pictures of April and other local girls.
Blood that was confirmed to belong to April was found in Bridger’s bathroom and living room during the police investigation (pictured: Bridger’s house)
Bridger was charged with child abduction, murder, and attempting to pervert the course of justice on October 6 2012, five days after her disappearance.
After a five-week trial it took the jury just four hours to decide he was a fantasist, obsessed with child murder and child pornography, who had lured disabled April into his car, before killing her.
He has always refused to reveal what he did with her body, but it is believed he burned her in his fire and dumped some of her remains in a river close to his home.
Bridger was sentenced on 30 May 2013 to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released.
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