A nurse was punched in the face by a psychiatric patient as she escorted him to an appointment with a doctor.
Sam Fyfe suddenly and unexpectedly attacked the health professional, knocking her to the floor and leaving her with a split lip. She was left shaken up by the assault by Fyfe, who she had been treating for nine months.
Newcastle Crown Court heard it was on June 4 last year that Fyfe went to the Silverdale mental health facility on Grainger Park Road, Newcastle. The community psychiatric nurse called for him to go through for the appointment to have an injection and they engaged in general chat.
