'Dirty bomb plotter Barot scalded'

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Police requested a news blackout to protect medical staff from possible attack while the 35-year-old, who was jailed for life last year after plotting to blow up New York, was treated at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI).

Police would not release details of his identity or how he was injured, but he was understood to have been scalded in Frankland Prison, Durham, more than a week ago.

Police mounted a 24-hour armed operation to protect hospital staff and patients, as well as the terrorist himself, from possible attack.

Northumbria police would not confirm Barot's identity due to "Ministry of Justice procedures".

It said the jail attack was now the subject of an investigation by Durham Police and the prison authorities.

The force would not explain the nature of his injuries, but it is understood he was scalded and taken to the RVI for specialist treatment to his burns. He was kept in isolation away from other patients.

Barot was initially examined at the infirmary on Monday and returned to prison that evening. He was brought back the next day for prolonged treatment to his burns.

He returned to the prison on Saturday and any further treatment will take place in the prison hospital.

Northumbria police could not estimate the cost of the security operation, which included armed police in the hospital and the Air Support Unit.