STV NewsA prisoner who scarred a fellow inmate for life has had his sentence extended by 18 months.
Anthony McKeller, 31, repeatedly slashed the victim at HMP Low Moss, East Dunbartonshire, on January 24.
The attack took place amid claims the man had threatened McKeller.
It was later discovered that McKeller had worn makeshift body armour made from magazines before striking his fellow prisoner.
McKeller pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to assaulting the man to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
The court heard that McKeller was convicted in July 2023 with an earliest release date of April 2029.
On the day of the incident, the victim sat in the prison’s communal area, and McKeller was released from his cell.
McKeller, who was dressed in a bathrobe, had his hand in one of the pockets.
Prosecutor Victoria Keel said: “He walked towards [the victim], removed his hand and made repeated slashing motions towards him.
“[The victim] immediately jumped up and raised his arm in defence.
“McKeller made further slashing motions to [the victim’s] head and neck area.”
Prison officers attempted to separate the pair who were engaged in a struggle.
The weapon, which was a lollipop stick with a razor on the end of it, was recovered from the ground.
McKeller said: “He thinks I’m a dafty, I’m not a dafty, I got to him first.”
Ms Keel added: “McKeller was found to wear several layers of clothes under the dressing gown.
“He had a ripped magazine around his body, which appeared to be a makeshift body armour.”
The victim was taken to hospital where he was found to have suffered 11 separate injuries to his face and head.
The doctor who treated him stated that he will be “permanently scarred.”
Paul McCormick, defending, told the court that the victim had taken a dislike to his client despite not knowing each other.
The lawyer added: “[The victim] visited my client’s cell before the incident and shouted threats to him and would deal with his family.
“My client was told that he was a man who would carry out these threats.
“Mr McKeller had been the victim of two separate attacks, and he thought he was going to be subjected to a third attack.”
Sheriff Iain Fleming told McKeller when jailing him that it was a “sustained attack with significant injuries, and I need to mark this.”
The sheriff ordered McKeller’s latest sentence to run consecutively to the one he is currently serving.
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