Man given extra five months for spitting blood and saliva into eyes and mouth of prison officer

The prisoner apologised unreservedly, and later complained that it was a disgrace and a joke for him to get a five-month jail sentence for the assault.

A prisoner who apologised unreservedly for spitting blood and saliva into the eyes and mouth of a prison officer later complained that it was a disgrace and a joke for him to get a five-month jail sentence for the assault.

Defence solicitor Joseph Cuddigan said Colm Murdock, 39, apologised unreservedly to the prison officer for the assault.