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22-Year-Old Prisoner Crawls for Medication, No Wheelchair

5/13/2026

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Umer Khalid, 22, must crawl across his cell to get medication because the prison has not provided a wheelchair.
He is held at Wormwood Scrubs awaiting trial for an alleged 2025 RAF Brize Norton break-in.
He spent 26 days without a shower after a fire-alarm evacuation left him alone.
Medical staff dismissed his condition as exaggerated and did not provide prescribed supplements or a high-protein diet.

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Story summary

Umer Khalid, 22, must crawl across his cell to get medication because the prison has not provided a wheelchair.
He is held at Wormwood Scrubs awaiting trial for an alleged 2025 RAF Brize Norton break-in.
He spent 26 days without a shower after a fire-alarm evacuation left him alone.
Medical staff dismissed his condition as exaggerated and did not provide prescribed supplements or a high-protein diet.