GoogleA convicted killer was jailed for 10 and a half years after an order for a gun assault on the jail guard.
Robert Patterson, 45, was serving life in HMP Edinburgh, when he claimed to have a coronary heart assault after swallowing cocaine baggage.
The guard suspected an try to flee and delayed him from going to the hospital in November 2022, which Patterson believed that his life was in danger.
In the High Court in Edinburgh, Patterson accepted the order ordering a handgun and gunpowderBefore the conspiracy was thwarted by the police.
The courtroom was advised that Patterson mentioned that he was having a coronary heart assault, an ambulance HMP arrived in Edinburgh, who was not ordered by the jail workers.
The guard suspected Patterson as he deliberate to aim to flee final in 2012 during which he was taken to the hospital.
The officer eliminated a SIM card from a cell phone to Patterson and swallowed it.
He agreed with paramedics to observe Patterson in jail earlier than being despatched hours after Edinburgh Royal Information.
Getty picturesProsecutor Alan Cameron Casey mentioned Patterson later complained that Medix had advised him that there was a hazard of cocaine baggage in his abdomen.
Mr. Cameron mentioned: “He was extremely sad about the delay. He claimed that he was told in the hospital that he was lucky to survive.
“He determined that he was attacking the officer severely.”
Jail officials were concerned about Patterson's behavior and a hidden monitoring equipment was installed in his cell in February 2023.
Patterson was recorded while discussing the plan to attack the jail officer.
Mr. Cameron said: “Fortunately, the police intervened and in reality no try was made to assault the officer which was fully unknown.”
Patterson HMP was on a lifetime sentence in HMP Edinburgh after taking pictures an individual on a street in Kambarnould in 2008.
With inputs from BBC