A man who abducted his girlfriend and held a knife to her throat has had his prison sentence extended after he attacked a guard at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
Erik Cameron, 37, was being transferred to a custody van following a court appearance in March 2019 when he became abusive and spat at a passing GEOAmey guard.
He then lunged at the man and attempted to headbutt him.
Thankfully, Cameron was double handcuffed and soon restrained by guards and taken back to HMP Grampian.
Cameron was jailed for 40 months in December after he provoked a major police incident on June 10 last year when he abducted his partner – telling police “I won’t come out alive”.
Armed officers eventually had to break down the door at a property in Inverurie and taser him twice.
Accused spat at security guard
Fiscal depute Lydia Ross told the court that at around 5.30pm on March 20 2019 the GEOAmey guard was at the back of the Aberdeen Sheriff Court building as Cameron was being moved to a transport van.
“The accused was walking towards the guard with both hands handcuffed as he was escorted to the van,” Ms Ross said.
“When the accused saw the guard he began to shout in an abusive manner.
“The guard heard the accused shouting and started walking in front of him.
“The accused spat at the guard, hitting him on the right side of his t-shirt, which was observed by another GEOAmey guard.
“He then attempted to strike the same man on the head.”
Cameron pleaded guilty to one charge of assault by spitting and attempting to strike the GEOAmey guard.
‘He behaved in a totally inappropriate way’
Defence agent Lynn Bentley told the court that her client had “lunged towards” the guard with his head, but was “double cuffed” at the time.
“Mr Cameron had been in custody and they were aware of his volatile nature,” she said.
“He was being taken from custody to the van and a GEOamey officer and was causing absolutely no problem.
“But when he saw this particular GEOamey officer, with whom he had some background, that was the catalyst.
“Mr Cameron accepts that he behaved in a totally inappropriate way.”
Sheriff Lesley Johnston told Cameron, of Denwell Road, Insch, that he had a “long schedule of previous convictions as well as analogous convictions for assault”.
She added 90 days to Cameron’s current sentence.
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