Giant Prisoner

10 Feb 2011 - A Dutch court has ruled that while the prison conditions of a "giant" prisoner are "somewhat cramped", they are not inhumane, and he must stay in jail.The inmate named as Angelo MacD had asked to complete his two-year sentence for fraud under house arrest, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports. Weighing 230kg (36st) and standing at 2.07m (6ft 9in), MacD has had trouble sleeping and using the toilet. Despite the setback, his lawyer hopes to get his jail conditions improved. Prison officials previously tried to relieve MacD's discomfort by adding a a 2.15m plank and an extra mattress to his bed, which is in a single cell at the prison in the south-western town of Krimpen aan de IJssel. No photograph is available of the prisoner but his lawyer, Bas Martens, earlier told the BBC that his client was not obese, but a giant straight out of the comic books - "a metre wide and a metre deep".MacD began his sentence on 29 September and is not due for release until 12 April 2012.