TWO men from Hampshire have been charged in connection with a riot at Lewes Prison.
The charges following the disorder at the East Sussex prison on October 29 last year which required special officers to be brought in to quell.
Five of the men have been charged with prison mutiny.
They are Ross Macpherson, 28, currently of HM Prison Belmarsh; Steven Goodwin, 28, of Fairlight Road, Hastings; Shane Simpson, 29, of Arundel Road, Totton, Southampton; John Udy, 38, of Leominster Road, Portsmouth; and David Carlin, 25, of Tuxford Road, Kirton, Nottinghamshire.
They have all been summonsed to appear before Brighton Magistrates' Court on October 19.
Benjamin Drury, 32, currently of HM Prison Bristol, has been summonsed to appear before the same court charged with criminal damage linked to the disorder.
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