A man jailed for a home invasion is expected to have his time behind bars extended after an altercation with a female prison officer.

Raymond Kidd, 31, was sentenced to 24 years behind bars in 2013 for aggravated burglary and sexual assault.

However, prosecutors called yesterday for Kidd to be sentenced to an additional two years and six months for assaulting a prison officer, with the sentence to run consecutive to his jail term for his previous conviction.

The court heard that on the morning of March 10, 2023, the prison officer was on duty at Westgate when she attended the cell block that housed Kidd among other inmates.

Audley Quallo, for the Crown, said that when the officer entered she saw another inmate, Wakeem Philpott, bent over the desk in the cell acting “in a suspicious manner”.

“During this time the defendant was lying on his bed,” Mr Quallo said. “The defendant got up and walked over to the desk where inmate Philpott was located and removed a cellphone charger from the wall socket.

“He then picked up a black cellphone from the desk before approaching the complainant, who was by this time in the cell.”

Mr Quallo said the officer activated a distress signal to summon other officers after she was “sandwiched” between Philpott and Kidd in the door frame.

“The defendant pushed the complainant in the upper body with his hands in an attempt to move her out of the way,” he said. “The complainant struggled with the defendant as she attempted to seize the cellphone and charger.

“The mêlée ended up outside of the defendant’s cell where the defendant threw the complainant to the ground and the cell phone he was holding slid across the floor and was discarded out of the window in another prisoner’s cell.”

Mr Quallo said the phone was later recovered by another officer.

The complainant was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for assessment after the incident. She had pain in her right leg, shoulder, wrist, ribs and back and bruises and soft-tissue injuries.

A victim impact statement read in court said the prison officer needed a wheelchair and crutches in the aftermath of the incident and suffered nerve damage that affected her arms and hands.

In addition to her physical injuries, the officer said she experienced difficulty sleeping and lingering concerns about her safety.

Kidd was originally jailed after playing the leading role in a two-man break-in of a house in March 2012. During the raid, Kidd threatened one woman with a gun and forced a second woman to perform a sex act on him.

Kidd and his accomplice escaped on two stolen motorcycles with $5,000 cash, jewellery and electronics.

Sentencing Kidd in January 2013, Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said he had inspired terror by violating his victim’s home and person.

She called Kidd the ringleader of the “depraved” offence, which showed a wanton disregard for the health and safety of his victims. She sentenced him to 24 years behind bars.

The court heard yesterday that Kidd had now served enough time to potentially be eligible for parole.

Mr Quallo said that while the injuries suffered in the present case were “moderately serious”, any attack on law enforcement must be treated seriously.

He said that based on the evidence of the case, Kidd had interjected himself into the situation involving the officer and another inmate regarding the phone, considered contraband at Westgate.

Given that the altercation occurred while Kidd was already serving time for a serious offence, Mr Quallo argued the incident suggested that he was likely to commit further offences.

He suggested a starting point of two years, reduced on account of his guilty plea but with an additional year added because the offence took place in an increased-penalty zone.

While Mr Quallo argued that Kidd did not plead guilty at the first chance, Cameron Hill, for the defence, said that the matter was brought to the Supreme Court because of legitimate concerns that the defendant had already been punished for the matter.

“It was not a spurious argument,” Mr Hill said. “It was a cogent argument.

“He did enter his guilty plea at the earliest time he could. He should be entitled to the full discount on the basis he was entitled to make the application for abuse of process.”

Mr Hill also argued that the sentence suggested by the Crown was excessive and that the starting point should be one year behind bars which, with the discount for his guilty plea, would amount to eight months.

With the additional year for the offence being carried out in an increased-penalty zone, Mr Hill said the total sentence would be almost two years, not too far off the sentence suggested by the Crown.

Puisne Judge Alan Richards is expected to deliver his sentence next week.

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