A prisoner who struck a fellow inmate with a blade received a life sentence on Monday.
Damian Fowler, 44, pounced on Jonathan Burns on Glenesk wing at HMP Edinburgh on May 25, 2021. Court papers state Fowler hit his victim on the neck and body to his injury and permanent disfigurement with a sharp instrument.
Fowler was put on an order for lifelong restriction with a minimum punishment period of two years and three months at the High Court in Glasgow. Judge Lord Fairley told him: "You have psychotic traits.
