A violent lout is back behind bars after he attacked a police officer just two hours after being released from prison.
Andrew Macphail had only been a free man for 48 hours having finished a sentence at HMP Durham when he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly on a street in Gateshead. A court heard that the 20-year-old, who has previously served time behind bars for assaulting constables, was taken to Forth Banks Police Station, where he lashed-out and kicked an officer in the shin.
No injuries were caused but the thug, of Rutland Square, in Birtley, was further arrested and appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court two weeks later to plead guilty to assaulting an emergency worker and being drunk and disorderly. He was remanded in custody to next appear back at the same court on December 2 for sentence.
