A VIOLENT thug who attacked a woman with a hammer has been handed another jail sentence.

Kenneth Wilson, who is currently subject to an Order for Lifelong Restriction, appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court to plead guilty to a separate assault.

After admitting he punched a man on the head within an address in Milton’s Scaraway Terrace on September 29, 2016, the 52-year-old was sentenced to three months in prison from Thursday’s date.

Wilson, who is currently incarcerated at HMP Barlinnie, was given the Order for Lifelong Restriction with a punishment part of three years at the High Court in Edinburgh on January 17, 2018. He received that sentence after pleading guilty to assault to severe injury and to the danger of life.

On sentencing, Lady Scott made the following statement in court: “Kenneth Wilson you have pleaded guilty to the assault of your victim in seizing her by the throat and repeatedly striking her on her head and body with a hammer to her severe injury and to the danger of her life. Your victim had five lacerations to her head reflecting your blows with the hammer.

“You appear to have lost your temper and you were heavily under the influence of drugs and drink.

“At the time you were on a supervised release order for a conviction for assault and robbery with the use of a knife.

“You have a long history of serious violence. You have a borderline personality disorder, an anti-social personality disorder and indications of psychopathic personality traits which render management of the risk you present as problematic.

“I have heard the evidence of two experts who both assess you as presenting a high risk to the safety of the public. I have given my decision and conclusions on that evidence in a written determination which you will be given at the end of this hearing.

“I am satisfied that the risk criteria are met in your case. I therefore make an Order for Lifelong Restriction. This order constitutes a sentence of imprisonment for an indeterminate period.

“I must also fix the punishment part of your sentence, which is the period which you must spend in full in prison before you can apply to the Parole Board for Scotland to be released on licence.”

After taking into account Wilson’s early plea, Lady Scott considered the appropriate period of punishment to be three years.

Lady Scott added: “You must not assume that you will automatically be released at the end of that period: you will be released if it is considered no longer necessary for the protection of the public that you continue to be confined in prison.

“Nor should you think that you will never be released from custody. I want to emphasise to you that if you follow through your expressed determination to address and overcome your substance abuse, if you engage in treatment and address the cause of your personality disorders, if you address your violent offending and work toward rehabilitation then you could achieve supervised release.”

Wilson’s sentence was backdated to October 26, 2016.