SILAS MACK, the man accused of murder and multiple kidnappings, was reportedly beaten unconscious during a fight with inmates while at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca last weekend.

Reliable sources at the prison said yesterday that Mack, 33, was taken to hospital, suffering from injuries to his head, eyes, back and other parts of his body.

On Monday, he was released from hospital and taken back to the prison, where he is said to be ’in a lot of pain’.

All attempts to contact the Senior Superintendent at the Maximum Security Prison for comment proved futile.

Mack, a taxi-driver of King Sultan Avenue, Cunupia, has been charged with kidnapping eight-year-old Leah Lammy and stealing her cellular phone. It is also alleged that sometime between May 31 and June 2 last year, he murdered 19-year-old Gail Durity. Her body was found in a Manzanilla coconut plantation the day after she left her Dass Trace, Enterprise, home.

Mack is also charged with the kidnapping and murder of Devika Lalman.

The teenager was found in January in a rice field off the Southern Main Road at Cunupia. She had been missing for five days.

Mack also faces charges of kidnapping Sally Lobai, who disappeared on February 11 after she travelled into Chaguanas for a job interview; and Rianna Parag, who disappeared last December 16 after a shopping trip in Chaguanas.

Neither has been found.

Mack is also jointly charged with 26-year-old Ishmael Mohammed with rape, kidnapping and robbery, which allegedly occurred on July 25, 2008.