Inmate attacked staff at Polmont YOI

Louis Wingate (19) appeared from custody via video link at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday having pleaded guilty to assaulting a prison officer – punching him on the head – at Polmont Young Offenders Institution.
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Wingate committed the offence on January 5 last year.

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Sheriff Derek Livingston noted: “His behaviour is violent a lot of the time.”

He deferred sentence on Wingate, St Philips Children’s Unit, 10 Main Street, Plains, Airdrie, until June 16 to await the outcome of other matters.