Convicted killer brutally attacks prisoner with pool cue in Lanarkshire jail

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A man was left covered in blood in a Lanarkshire prison after his attacker beat him up with a pool cue. Kirk McIntyre, who is already serving life for murder, was found guilty of assaulting fellow inmate Scott Fowler, 41, to his severe injury on August 8, 2020, in HMP Shotts.

The brute's victim suffered a broken nose and needed stitches in head wounds.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Fowler then emerged, covered in blood.McIntyre, 54, was jailed for three years but this will start immediately and won’t be added to his 20-year stretch.He is currently serving the life sentence for the murder of Frederick McGettigan in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, in 2017.