Inmate’s face slashed in row over cream cake
A PRISONER slashed another inmate with a razor and left him scarred for life in a row over a cream cake.
At the High Court in Glasgow 38-year-old Christopher Kane was convicted of assaulting William Douglas to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement at Low Moss Prison, Bishopbriggs, on March 21, 2015.
The court heard Kane attacked Douglas from behind as he served food in the pantry at around 4pm.
His face was ripped open from the side of his lip to his neck. The jury heard Douglas’s teeth could be seen through the slash wound.
Afterwards, Kane shouted at his victim, who was holding a towel to his face: “That’s the last time you don’t give me a cream cake.”
Sentence has been deferred to next month.
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