The two-minute clip shows Ashley Smith lying on a cell floor while being punched repeatedly in the face with career criminal almost losing an eye.
One of the thugs who tried to rob two Arsenal players has been filmed pleading for mercy while being attacked in jail by a fellow inmate.
The two-minute clip shows Ashley Smith lying on a cell floor while he was punched repeatedly in the face.
Mirror Online has decided to edit down the shocking footage to minimise the brutality, with career criminal almost losing an eye in the beating on Tuesday.
He is shown begging for the attack to stop after the assailant accused him of robbing a friend’s mum.
Blood-soaked Smith, 30, says: “I can’t see. It wasn’t me. I swear to God it wasn’t me, on my kid’s life.”
The attacker replies: “If you don’t give me a name now you’re dead.”
The footage – captured at HMP Pentonville in North London on a mobile phone that had been smuggled into the jail – was sent from a prisoner to contacts on the outside who then posted it on WhatsApp.
Smith’s lawyer said the crook “fears for his life” after the beating.
The day after the attack Smith, whose wounds have been stitched, appeared in court via videolink with a towel round his head as he pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac in July.