INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT: More jail time for prisoner who spat at Porterfield guard

A PRISONER who spat at a guard after being denied a chance to get a vape from a fellow inmate has been jailed for six months.

Daniel McCafferty (32) took exception to being told he could not visit another cell to pick up the device, Inverness Sheriff Court heard.

When refused access following a church service at HMP Inverness he chose to spit at prison officer Roderick Johnson on April 7, 2019.

Fiscal depute Karen Poke said the incident took place in a stairwell at around 9.30am.

She added: “The spittle went over his shoulder and landed on the floor.”

Defence agent William Young said: “He had been attending a church service with several other inmates.

“He acknowledges that he reacted in a disgusting and inappropriate manner.”

McCafferty is currently serving a sentence for an unrelated matter.

The six month sentence will run alongside that.