Springburn man jailed after he attempted to head butt police officer

James Connelly, 27, of Elmvale Street, appeared in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to two charges.

He admitted that he shouted and swore at medical staff working within the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on October 14.

His charge also stated that he behaved in an aggressive manner towards then and struggled violently with police officers.

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He also pleaded guilty to attempting to head butt a police officer on the head at the hospital.

The Procurator Fiscal depute told the court that Connelly arrived at the accident and emergency department at the hospital at around 12.30pm after calling an ambulance.

He was shouting, swearing and behaving in an aggressive manner towards medical staff.

He had a wound on his left cheek which he began to punch in the presences of nurses within a treatment room.

They decided to leave because of his behaviour and police were called.

He was arrested and during this he attempted to headbutt a police officer. He was, however, restrained to be taken to Glasgow city centre police office.

During that journey he continued to harm himself and police officers returned him to the hospital.

He received eight stitches from a doctor and when the medic was finished he struck himself against a door and said: “I can do a better f**king job than you.”

Connelly’s defence agent began his mitigation by handing over a letter to the sentencing sheriff to indicate how sorry his client was for his actions.

He told the court that his client had the wound on his left cheek because he had in fact slashed himself.

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He said his client felt he should have been seeing a psychiatrist rather than a doctor.

The sentencing sheriff jailed Connelly a total of six months for both charges because of his criminal record.

His sentence was backdated to October 14.