A assassin sank his tooth right into a feminine jail guard's thigh as violence flared behind bars.
Stevie Angus, 34, jumped onto a pool desk and refused to return to his cell at HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire.
He instructed officers 'I will kill you' and brandished a pool cue.
Angus was overpowered by guards however bit officer Tara Jackson on the within of her higher left thigh inflicting bruising.
The thug was thrown into segregation for three-and-a-half months by jail bosses who additionally stripped him of all privileges.
Angus, jailed for 17 years for the homicide of Aaron Arthur in Aberdeen, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom and admitted assault in addition to threatening or abusive behaviour in January 2020.
Sheriff Linda Nicolson handed Angus, now being held in HMP Low Moss, an additional yr however instructed him it will run alongside his present sentence.
The court docket heard his earliest launch date is in 2030 and that he hopes to be moved to a jail nearer to his Newcastle house.
Depute fiscal Paul Jamieson mentioned: "The accused refused to go behind his cell door to permit his part to be locked up and thereafter climbed on prime of the pool desk and commenced to tempo round on prime of it.
"An officer requested for others to attend however the accused shouted plenty of threats in the direction of them.
"As a result of stage of risk a couple of officers drew their batons and the accused who had a pool cue was swinging it spherical at officers and brandishing it.
"He was ultimately apprehended and brought to the ground however continued to battle them and within the course of bit Tara Jackson on the within of her higher left thigh earlier than he was introduced underneath management."
Ian Scott, defending, mentioned: "There was no critical harm finished and this appears to have been a flare up of his psychological well being the place he jumped on the pool desk to get consideration.
"He wished to talk to a governor as a result of he felt this difficulty was being untreated."
Sheriff Nicolson mentioned: "There is no such thing as a various apart from a custodial sentence."
Angus stabbed Arthur to loss of life throughout an unprovoked assault in a flat in Aberdeen in December 2012 as his sufferer lay defenceless in mattress.
The brutal slaying got here moments after he had posted on Fb stating he was planning to kill somebody.
He denied any wrongdoing however was convicted by a jury and jailed in August 2013.
In 2015 Angus was caught with a metallic spike inside his cell at HMP Shotts however claimed he was utilizing it to repair a music system.
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