'Sexy Sarah' who beat up two prison officers in latest attack escapes jail
A mum who calls herself "Sexy Sarah" and has a 16-year record of assaults has walked free from court after attacking two prison officers.
Sarah Jagger, from Manchester, beat up one female warden and mauled another whilst serving a prison stretch for hurling hot water at a hospital care manager whom she threatened to kill. The 37-year-old, who is thought to have two children, has nearly 30 previous offences on her criminal record including 14 for assault.
A court was told she has a "raft" of mental health issues and she escaped being sent back to jail by the magistrates who said they believed there was a "realistic prospect" of her rehabilitation. In the latest incident, prison officer Chloe Armstrong was left with a tennis ball-sized lump on her head plus a swollen face and black eye after she was punched and kicked repeatedly by Jagger as she delivered her lunch at Styal women's jail in Cheshire.
Sarah Jagger has a long history of assaults (Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd)Jagger was transferred to Foston Hall women's jail in Derbyshire but she bit the leg of officer Katie Mellors who intervened in a fight with another inmate. When told to let go of officer Mellors' leg, Jagger tightened her grip, leaving the warder with puncture wound, bruising, and teeth marks on her leg.
At Warrington Magistrates' Court, Jagger faced being sent back to prison for up to 12 months after she admitted two charges of assault but was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 25 days of rehabilitation activity. She was also ordered to pay £75 in compensation to Miss Armstrong and £200 to Miss Mellors, reported the Manchester Evening News.
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Chairman of the bench Robin Bradshaw told her: “We have taken into account your record for multiple assaults but also your mental health issues and also your prompt guilty plea. In our view these assaults are serious and the custody threshold has been passed, but given the support you have and the realistic prospect of rehabilitation, we are going to suspend the sentence. It is really up to you. There are a lot of people out there to help you. It is down to you to accept that help.''
Sarah Jagger has a 'realistic prospect' of going straight (Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd)Jagger, from Harpurhey, was initially convicted of battery in 2007 but after being conditional discharged was convicted of threatening behaviour that same year. In 2008 she was given a six-month community order for common assault. In 2017 she was being treated in hospital for an undisclosed illness when she grabbed a nurse and kneed her in the head as she was being given medication.
Another nurse tried to help but she was kneed and kicked to her side and grabbed by her right arm by Jagger who then threw a monitor and mobile phone at a third member of staff. She was later given a suspended sentence for assault but just two months later was arrested again after she punched one female police officer in the face then struck a male officer in the chest as they were detaining her for shoplifting at a Debenhams store.
Despite her history, she was then given bail and later attacked a shop worker and a flatmate at her home. In April 2020 Jagger was again given a suspended sentence after promising a judge she would get help for her problems but two years later she was given a further suspended sentence for assault.
Last May, she was locked up for 13 months after she launched an unprovoked attack on a female NHS manager, whilst being treated at Park House, a psychiatric unit within North Manchester General Hospital. During the assault, three other staff members intervened but she kicked out at her victim, kneeing her in the face and causing her nose to bleed.
She then made a ‘claw’ with her hand and struck the woman’s face, telling her: “I’ll take your eyes out.” As she was pulled away from the manageress she unzipped part of her uniform leaving her underwear exposed. The woman, who had worked in the care profession for 24 years, was left with scratch marks to her chest as well bruising to her face and head.
The court heard Jagger was at Styal Prison, on July 26 this year, when she set about prison officer Miss Armstrong. Andy Page, prosecuting, said: “At about 12:10 pm Miss Armstrong was on Miss Jagger’s wing and approached her cell to provide lunch. She looked through the observation panel and then opened the cell door using her work-issued keys - but the defendant pulled the door open from the inside.
''Miss Armstrong's keys were stuck in the door and attached to her uniform by a chain so she was forced to step inside the cell whereupon the defendant punched and hit her multiple times and kicked her. That caused the chain to snap and allowed Miss Armstrong to step back onto the wing outside of the cell - but Miss Jagger followed her and continued to punch and kick her.
“Other prisoners were witnesses to the incident and screamed for the attention of other staff. A colleague arrived and pressed Miss Jagger back through the door and into her cell. Miss Armstrong was taken to Stepping Hill Hospital for her injuries to be assessed. She had a large tennis ball-sized lump on the right side of her forehead. The right side of her face was swollen. She had bruising to her right eye and scratches to the left side of her neck.
''As a result of the incident, Miss Jagger was transferred to Foston Hall but on October 5, she having a fight with a prisoner called Donna. Staff attempted to separate them but the defendant bit the leg of Miss Mellors whilst intending to bite Donna’s leg. A staff member instructed her to release a grip but she failed to comply and continued to bite, tightening her grip and biting harder on Miss Mellor’s leg. She did eventually let go.”
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Jagger’s upper and lower teeth left a mark on Miss Mellors' leg and she was given treatment, including injections for hepatitis B and tetanus. A probation worker said that Jagger was currently on licence and there were ''multiple agencies' involved in her case, including police and mental health services.
"We know Miss Jager well," the probation worker said, "She now resides and supports accommodation and has had appointments twice per week, although mostly home visits. She has been quite difficult to engage but it seems at the moment, she is in a position where she is willing to engage with us and mental health services.
"She has a raft of mental health issues, the number of issues that have previously been a barrier to her engagement. She would benefit from the further rehabilitative input. We are keen to keep working with her because we are in a position where she is now engaging with us.”
Solicitor advocate Jonathan Keane said in mitigation: “She does have mental health issues but is supported by a substantial number of medical staff in the community. She is actively willing to engage with rehabilitation. That will mean that there is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.”
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