Prison warders strap Qur'ans to their feet... and pretend to ski

TWO prison officers are under investigation over claims they strapped copies of the Koran to their feet to use as skis in sick games dubbed "Muslim Olympics".

The officers - based at scandal-hit Feltham Young Offenders' Institution - are also accused of using the Koran for "discus" events.

But they now face the sack if the case is proved after a shocked fellow officer at Feltham reported them to the institution's governor. The pair have been suspended on full pay - of between £25,000 and £30,000 a year - while the claims are investigated.

The alleged scandal comes just three weeks after a damning independent report into the racist murder of Zahid Mubarek at Feltham was published. A public inquiry found 186 separate failings in the run-up to his killing by skinhead Robert Stewart, who beat him to death with a table-leg.

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