It was as if a trouble-making virus was spreading from one prison to another. Peterhead, where there was ... They seized control of D Block and worked out their hatred of the prison and their ...

Thirty years ago this week, 50 inmates took control of D-hall at Peterhead Prison and took two warders ... and taken on to the roof of the cell block, 90ft above the ground, by his captors.

The drama unfolded 25 years after one of Scotland’s worst-ever prison riots. In October 1987, inmates took over Peterhead’s D-wing, holding 56-year-old prison officer Jackie Stuart hostage.