A man who murdered his friend was found using an illicit padlock as a weapon while serving life in a maximum security prison. Convicted killer Paul Cannop, 28, tied up the metal padlock inside a sock to use as a makeshift cudgel behind bars at Perth Prison.
Cannop - who is serving a minimum 17-year sentence - admitted having a padlock tied into a sock inside the jail on January 5 this year.
Sheriff Mungo Bovey deferred sentence for Cannop to be brought to the court in a fortnight's time to be personally present for sentencing.
The sheriff said: "This is the kind of thing that calls for a custodial sentence and I don't consider it appropriate to impose that in his absence."
