Prisoner gets extra three years for assaulting officer

A man serving a 13-year sentence for a violent sexual assault has been given another three years consecutively for severely injuring a prison officer who wouldn't let him use the phone.

Stephen Phelan (23) of Poddle Park, Crumlin was on "nearly 23-hour lock down" in Wheatfield Prison and "close to madness" when he head butted and repeatedly punched Mr James Gibney who had let him out of his cell to have a shower.