Murderer has sentence extended at Perth Prison after being caught with sim cards

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A murderer had his prison sentence extended by nine months after being caught with illicit sim cards four times in under a year at Perth Prison.Knife killer John Blake had extra time added to his 17-year minimum life term after a sheriff noted he now has 11 convictions for phone offences behind bars.Blake (36) whinged that his lifer status meant he was at the back of the queue for getting onto a rehabilitation scheme within the prison.But Sheriff Alison McKay told him that he would have more chance to get on the course and be considered for parole if he stopped smuggling phones and sim cards into the jail.She said: “Clearly, given your previous convictions, and your determination to have illicit items in the prison, you don’t appear to think the rules apply to you.“I am glad to hear you accept custody is the only option available.

The sentence will be consecutive to the sentence you are currently serving.”Blake, from Lochgelly, admitted four separate complaints of having illicit sim cards in the maximum security prison on July 29 and August 12 2022, and April 11 and May 5, 2023.

The August charge related to “a quantity” of sim cards.Sheriff McKay said: “There are seven previous convictions for exactly that.

If he wants to progress, he needs to stop keeping illicit sim cards.”Solicitor Amy Allan, defending, told Perth Sheriff Court on Thursday: “He was having some difficulty with his prison issue sim card.