Suitcase killer who murdered wife rushed to hospital after jail attack

EXCLUSIVE: Suitcase killer is attacked in jail and rushed to hospital after starting life sentence for murdering wife just days into their marriage

• Thomas Nutt killed his wife Dawn Walker days after they were married last year
• He murdered her and stuffed her body in a suitcase before dumping it in October
• Nutt was later charged with her murder and was jailed  after being found guilty
• He was attacked at Category B Leeds prison on Saturday and taken to hospital

Suitcase killer Thomas Nutt, who murdered his wife days after they got married, has been rushed to hospital after being attacked in prison.

The brute killed Dawn Walker and callously stuffed her body into a suitcase at their home in Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, on October 27 last year.

The 46-year-old then attempted to hide her body by dumping it in some bushes before blaming her disappearance on mental health.

He was found guilty of murdering the 52-year-old grandmother by strangling her death and earlier this month was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.

The killer has since been in Category B Leeds prison, where he was attacked by another prisoner – who is being hailed as hero by inmates – on Saturday, August 20.

According to a source, Nutt was walking around the exercise yard the jail when the assault took place, and he suffered extensive bruising, cuts and abrasions to his head and body.

A source said: ‘It was like he had been beaten up by Oleksandr Usyk (boxing world heavyweight champion).

Thomas Nutt killed his newlywed wife Dawn Walker and stuffed her body into a suitcase. Here the couple are pictured together

Nutt claimed that Dawn (pictured), who was 52, had disappeared and claimed she had mental health issues

Nutt was caught on CCTV dragging a suitcase containing Dawn’s body out of his home before dumping it in some bushes

‘Nutt is a bully and was acting the big I am around the wings. He made himself a target.

‘Another prisoner took exception to his antics and gave him a good pasting. He was a mess afterwards.

‘Nutt is considered the lowest of the low and he will be frantic with worry that he is now a big target.

‘He will be looking over his shoulder.’

Nutt was taken to a local hospital by ambulance guarded by two prison officers.

He was treated for his injuries and returned to prison and placed in solitary confinement for his own safety.

Nutt was found guilty on August 10 of murdering petite Dawn at the home they shared in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Bradford Crown Court heard how the newlywed callously killed his bride on their wedding night, hours after they tied the knot, on October 27 last year.

He initially hid his wife’s body in a cupboard in their home, before breaking her leg so he could fit her in the case which he then hid in bushes.

CCTV footage released by West Yorkshire Police showed Nutt dragging Dawn out of their home in the case.

He can later be seen returning to the garden to try to cover the wheel tracks in the mud.

Another clip shows Dawn – still in her wedding dress – returning from the pub with Nutt where they had celebrated their nuptials.

This video grab of CCTV footage from outside their home on October 27, last year, is the last time Dawn was seen alive

Dawn was seen wearing her wedding dress as the couple entered their home after celebrating their marriage at the pub. She was not seen again until her body was found in a suitcase hidden in some bushes

It was the last time Dawn was seen alive outside their home in Shirley Grove, Lightcliffe, near Halifax in West Yorkshire.

After killing his bride, Nutt went on to lie to her family, blamed her disappearance on her mental health, sent them false texts supposedly from her, and convinced her youngest daughter to help try to find her, all the while knowing she was dead.

He had also controlled his victim for years and isolated her from members of family, her sister told the court.

Sentencing him to a life in prison, Judge Jonathan Rose told him: ‘Dawn Walker died because you are a bully, used to getting your own way with women, used to controlling and manipulating women and used to using your considerable size advantage to inflict violence on women if you considered it necessary to do so.’

Nutt told police he and Dawn had gone on honeymoon to Skegness the day after their wedding, but the judge said there was no evidence to support that claim.

Judge Rose said the killer instead ‘desecrated’ her body by breaking bones to make her fit in the suitcase

Thomas Nutt was jailed for life earlier this month after being found guilty of murdering his wife. Here he is pictured in his police mugshot

Nutt was attacked in Category B Leeds Prison, where he is currently serving his sentence. Pictured is the exterior of HMP Leeds

The victim’s daughter Kiera-Lee Guest told the court Nutt put up Halloween decorations in the house even while Ms Walker was lying dead.

Ms Guest said Nutt knew what he had done when she went from place to place with a photo of her mother, asking if people had seen her.

She said: ‘Justice will be served for my beautiful mother.’

Ms Walker’s sister Lisa said Nutt manipulated his victim and isolated her from family for three years ‘before his ungodly hands took her away from us forever’.

Lisa Walker told the court: ‘I mourn for my sister who suffered so much and felt like she had nobody to turn to because this man made her feel worthless.’

Alistair MacDonald QC, prosecuting, said the crime was aggravated by the way Nutt deceived her family after the murder, causing them ‘psychological damage’, he said.

Stephen Wood QC, defending, said there was no evidence that Nutt intended to kill his wife and that it had been ‘spontaneous’.

Nutt had admitted manslaughter but was convicted of murder.

After the judge imposed a life sentence with a 21-year minimum term, a woman in the public gallery called out: ‘Thank you Your Honour, thank you.’

In a statement, read out in court, Dawn’s eldest daughter Codie said: ‘Losing our mother, sister, daughter, nanna and auntie has had a huge impact on our lives.

‘There are no words to describe how it feels for us every single day, waking up knowing what this person did to her, it is truly heart breaking for each and every one of us.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘We can confirm that a prisoner at HMP Leeds was treated in hospital for minor injuries following an assault by another prisoner.

‘We are unable to comment further while police investigate.’

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