Criticising the SAS for being heavy handed is like complaining that your vindaloo is spicy.

Imagine taking part in a prison riot which took prison officers hostage, and you cry about the SAS being too heavy handed 🤣🤣

You can absolutely guarantee he said “you’re going for a spin now pal” fucking brilliant 😂

_"The SAS, they're going to be heavy handed, that's why you call the SAS."_ This quote wins the internet.

you really know you're screwed when the SAS is on the scene...

Secured it in 6 mins with just batons, flash bangs tear gas. That is mad.

"I thought it was a wall not a hole" and " you're going for a spin now pal" . Even their humor is next level LOLZ!!

We did a training exercise with the SAS. We were held hostage for 3 days in a disused hospital in Wales. On the last night these guys come flying in from absolutely nowhere wiped out the bad guys and rescued us all in the matter of minutes. Absolutely incredible force.

The whole point of the flashbangs, the noise, the confusion etc is to give the SAS a short time window to deploy enough force to eliminate the combatants from the fight. The prisoners are lucky that the SAS had orders to avoid lethal force, otherwise it wouldn't have just been a beating they received.

There was no public outcry. Believe it or not, not many ordinary people give a shít about convicts.

Jackie Stuart - The prison Warden who was taken hostage, Died September of last year, age 93

"The self-styled 'hard men' of Scotland's toughest maximum security prison turned out to be as tough as new-born kittens, when faced with really hard men from the S.A.S" - Squadron Sergeant Major Peter Ratcliffe

Wait so a prisoner attack a soldier, An S.A.S. And then he said " they hurt me" Seriously?

"The SAS went in heavily armed with feathers, yellow dusters and reassuring words of kindness"

My partner, a nurse, had to manager a prison officer who was held hostage. He was completely broken by PTSD. Awful to see.

Took SAS 6 minutes to take control. them so called 'hard men gangster' prisoners soon found out what a real hard man is😂😂😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I remember this well it was all over the tv. But what gets me is that these soldiers ended up in court

"too heavy handed". Well you don't call in the SAS to pet kittens do ya.

Inmates “ Let’s do this, what could possibly go wrong?”

sas are always armed with a sense of humour. • • • the British were recruiting 3 people for the SAS...They gave them each a gun and said go and shoot your wife. The first man said “no I can’t do it”. The second man went in and came straight back out. And the third man shouted “FOR KING AND COUNTRY” Ten minutes later he came back out covered in blood everyone was shocked... He said “the gun you gave me was full of blanks so I had to kill her with a chair”

Heavy handed the cons got off lightly

The SAS didn't even come close to doing what prisoners do to each other every day.

It took inmates 5 days to hold the prisoner under their control and it took SAS 6 minutes to regain control. Wow!!!

I do not believe for one second that the SAS would've given the inmates a few extra slaps to teach them a lesson 🤣🤣🤣

I’m so glad you’ve your finally getting the British “sarcasm” 😂🫡

I owned a garage next to the prison Which stored band and disco equipment ,the police let me enter the area as it was out of view of the prison roof ,there was a blacked out land rover parked in front of it , I tapped on the window ,when the window lowered I was confronted by 4 fully armed sas soldiers , I honestly didnt know that adrenaline was brown ,but they actually moved to let me have access , probably the first time someone has asked the sas to move ,and they did

An interesting story of Peterhead prison, is that Johnny Rominski was recruited out Peterhead prison during WW2. Johnny was a bank rober and explosive expert, who also had a knack for escaping from prisons. He was offered his freedom if he would train as a commando and be dropped behind enemy lines. Which he did.

The SAS were fuming about this ridiculous mission, its well documented. Their job is not to solve civilian domestic problems.

yes I remember this Riot. am totally disgusted about the court case! and the Prisoners are lucky to get off that lightly when dealing with the SAS.

I love the story of the SAS showing good ol Maggie what they did by conducting a live fire exercise with her in one of the rooms. They threw in flash bangs went in shot some targets and when they turned the lights on magpies body guard was hiding on the floor next to her as she sat calmly in a chair in the middle of the room😂

"And he said the prisoner was not thrown 12ft from the attic to the gallery below... deliberately" That quote got me good 😂 They truly got the experience of the more you fuck around, the more you're going to find out

The prisoners thought they were hard until the real hard men showed up

6 minutes, LMFAO. On the scale of fuck around and find out those prisoners REALLY found out 🤣🤣

They wore trainers because it wasn't too serious for them more of a training exercise. Huge respect to our tier 1 assets

Peterhead prison is now a museum you can walk about and see how it was in the day

SAS aren't normal bobbies though, it's actually laughable that they claim they were heavy handed, those prisoners are lucky they're alive

You do NOT mess with the S.A.S. !!😂😂

I'm from the town. I've spoken to people who were there. One guy said that when the SAS came in it was almost instant. Smoke and then he felt the barrel at his back, no footsteps. Also as far as heavy handed goes, the convicts got off pretty lightly. The SAS arnt known for taking prisoners. They were sometimes used as kind of a threat, last chance or it was over

Theres a detailed first hand account of this in a book written by Peter Ratcliffe called Eye of the Storm. He was in the SAS from the 70s to mid 90s and was the Squadron sergeant major of the squadron who took part in this and was later RSM SAS during the 90-91 Gulf war

Just to let you know. The silly mask is just a prop, that is at the prison museum. The footage is of the the modern peterhead prison museum.

They were being gentle, no double taps.

Man only 6 minutes it took for them. Props! I am sure they hated this mission as it has nothing to with them since they are special forces. Probably like “let’s finish this quick gents”

Now that was a strange situation. Thatcher had tremendous respect for the SAS, especially after the Embassy where they performed admirably, and she seemed to have 'her boys' in mind from then on because they solved difficult problems. There's a strong argument that military should not be pushed into a policing role, or a non-lethal role that runs counter to their training, because essentially they're trained to fight with lethal means. Either they could kill in a situation that doesn't require it, or they could hesitate and get hurt by fighting against their training instincts. But, this was a fairly extreme situation, and arguing that anyone could have done better is a pretty hard task. Now, were they heavy handed? By police standards sure. By SAS standards? Nope. They were gentle, because SAS standards would have been to go in and eliminate all hostiles. Regardless, by this point the British public viewed the SAS as heroes, so there wasn't much public support for going after the SAS in favour of violent inmates. Especially after the damage caused to the prison by the inmates was costing the public about £55 million to repair. This would be a different situation in present day, but back then we had proper priorities.

4:13 "what's going on here" - It's set up as a museum now, so they have models of police and inmates dotted around the prison like you see here.

Even the gangsters ain't gangsta when the SAS arrive.

I remember this riot happening, so glad the prison officer was OK. I had to laugh at the fact the SAS wore trainers! It made sense.....

Moral of the story, you f*ck about then you find out!

"You're going for a spin now pal". Cue loss of control of bodily functions. 🤣😂

Another little known fact was that after the Pan AM 103 bombing and subsequent crash at Lockerbie the SAS where the first on scene. They just happened to be driving by on there way to or from a training exercise in Scotland. They stopped and searched for survivors and administered first aid to casualties that where on the ground when the plane came down. As first responders turned up and took over they melted away into the night.

Play with fire you're going to get burned, can't knowingly walk into the darkness then complain you can't see 😅

Well they're not going to get the "Comfy Chaaair" or the feather dusters out 😂😂😂

You don’t call in the SAS to hand out flowers.

My dad was there as a warden at the time he said it was amazing ❤❤❤

When you send the SAS in they will not be visiting with a cake and soft words. Prisoners - "Hell is coming". They do what they must so live with it.

I believe that those items (like the hickory stick baton) are all at the Peterhead prison museum. Was up that way a few days back, so was a surprise to see you cover it 😂

Good on the SAS. As always. 👊🏻

That little wax work head at the door window lol, guess its from the museum part of it.

If you are a criminal that commits bad enough crimes to go here, only to take part in a riot with hostages, one of whom you are planning to set fire to, I don't think you can cry when the SAS knock your around a bit. Soldier T showed restraint by even bothering with the baton, and not going straight to the Browning.

Those prison thugs were treated lightly considering….

The museum is the prison itself, the Peterhead prison was decommissioned and a new one was built in its place next door, u can see it in the footage! It’s now used fully for tours and a museum of prison life!

how dare they try and accuse the SAS of heavy handed tactics, they are doing a job to save lives from these prisoners who let's face it are lucky to be alive after what they have done to others

Let's say we have never had another riot at any prison, and there was a full media black out because the prisoners were watching tv

The SAS probably needed some light exercise that day. The cowards got a taste of their own medicine and then moaned like schoolgirls afterwards. At least they lived to tell the tale, unlike some of the victims they murdered and maimed.

The incredible things is that a single SAS man climbed onto the roof every evening, when he entered the roof conducting covert surveillance.

I remember that the SAS going in wasn't really that big on the news. I think back then the media were constrained when covering the SAS missions for security reasons. But this was a very clear example of taking control of an apparently out of control situation using professionals that can get the job done.

A friend of mine was involved in this raid. They hammered the so called hard conns that didn’t know what hit them. There’s pretend hard men and real hard men. Don’t fk with the regiment, they’ll destroy you.😬

They fk'd around and found out... I actually remember this, they WANTED their Day fighting the Police... but when they knew the SAS had been called instead they collapsed like a house of cards !!

You don’t mess with theses lads ! There motto who dares wins !

Don't mess with the SAS.

SAS are awesome, Obviously, but big respect to the PM Margret Thatcher who had the balls to unleash them. If only we had leaders like her now days !

They were lucky they were left alive to complain in court.

you know its real when they wearing hi tec silver shadows,to non uk peps,they are the trainers the army give you in basic training,great vid and nice shirt

I don't think anyone tasked with enforcing the law in such a situation should have to handicap themselves by not being heavy-handed. The violent inmates they are against have clearly shown they are fine with heavy-handed tactics. The only problem with police brutality, in my opinion, is the asymmetry of it. There is no asymmetry in situations like this. This is heavy-handed tactics employed to deal with heavy-handed tactics. No foul.

That's pretty cool. Thank you to all who brought these stories to our attention. Quite right too, You do not want to mess with these guys.

I met the late warder Jackie Stuart and have done the prison museum tour a couple of times, including a private tour for our club before the official museum opening.

I've definitely seen footage some time ago and it's after the raid of one of the SAS slowly abseiling down in full black kit, and a small interview with Major Peter Ratcliffe quickly going over what unfolded.

You call in the SAS when you want the incident ended - permanently.

Love your videos and your reactions, always so respectful 🙏 keep up all the good work! And thank you for your service

When the sas move in, all negotiation has failed. Fast, violent and effective...

Good work. Awesome.

If I found out the SAS were coming in...I'd lock myself in my cell.

Speed Aggression & Surprise, they wouldn't have known what had hit them!

Imagine the next Nike ad rather than being some athlete showcasing the shoes it's some guy in a MOPP suit with body armour and holding a HK416

Good work, great overview 🔥🔥🔥 Thanks

At first the Police took credit for this until it come out that 22 reg. got it done in minutes. Job's like this have to be signed over for the Army (SAS) before they can draw up a DPA and at the end of the mission it gets sign back to the Police Force or Plod as all Squadies call them. Very similar to the Embassy siege in London, but that was all court on TV I don't think you'll ever see what the 22 reg actually do as they are highly trained and the official Secrets act that all British SAS/SBS have to sign. I am obviously British and ex-milatary, but I will always say they are the best in the World. Great Video and thanks for showing how great the UK's SF's are, Respect to you 👌

If prisoners of the worst kind are rioting beyond the point of compromise and taking officers hostage and burning down the prison your gonna get what is coming to you. Our Special forces boys are the best in the world, they trained damn hard so they fight easy, in do the job and out, timed by the stop watch, they do what has to be done in any given scenario. If you can’t handle doing time, don’t do the crime, it ain’t meant to be a holiday camp. Bravo to 22 Regiment Hereford.

Can't beat a set of hi-techs!

At least it’s near the water 😂 closest the inmates got to water was the toilets and basin.

They were not heavy handed, if they had been, those evil prisoners would not be walking under their own steam.

Prisoner: *dropped 12 ft with several wound to the head* Soldier T: oh no...anyway.

I grew up 3 miles from there. Peterhead prison is now a museum.

I don't think any pictures of the SAS in action on this operation would have been allowed to go public.

"Heavy Handed" sounds like an excuse from one of the prison guards that lost control - like the video though

I watched an interview by on of the troopers years ago, who said these big hard brave prisoners, were reduced to kittens when they faced real men. lol you don`t mess with trained elite killers who would slot you in a second, even is they wear hickory sticks :) I remember the coverage of this on the tv (the siege) Lorraine Kelly often reported on it. there was another at strangeways in Manchester i also remember.

My ex was Scottish and her gran lives in Peterhead. Her gran was a friend of Jackie and i had the pleasure of meeting him and getting a signed copy of his book. A lovely, humble and kind man with a wicked sense of humor. Rip

Yeah he tossed him through the hole and they probably all laughed when he turned around asking if anyone else saw the inmate jump through the hole 😂😂😂😂

Nice Job! 😎👍

@4:12 its likely a museum now, like a lot of really old prisons, where you can probably do guided tours and 'ghost tours' at night. That face would scare the absolute shite out of you if a guide suddenly shone a torch on it in the pitch black, echoey and claustrophobic atmosphere, during a midnight ghost tour.

Someone did their tag, a NZSAS team member seconded to the British SAS. As seen at 15:41of this video. Soldiers handle name is Avon.

There's an old school documentary with some footage and Interviews from the prison guards and people that were there