A PRISON mix-up prevented a Dundee man being sentenced on a charge of attempted murder when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday.

Lord Hardie was told that remarkably there were two prisoners with the name Jamie John Green being held at Barlinnie.

Counsel James Reilly said that when a social worker called at the Glasgow jail to prepare the required reports they were presented with the wrong Jamie Green.

Mr Reilly said the mix-up was cleared up only when the defence were able to obtain photographs of both men and show them to the authorities.

Jamie John Green (29), Hepburn Street, was found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Dundee last month of assaulting Natalie Archibald (31) at her flat in Ann Street on May 9 by repeatedly striking her on the body with a metal pole to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and attempting to murder her.

He was also found guilty by a majority of assaulting Dorothy Archibald (53) at her Ann Street flat on the floor above her daughter’s home on the same date by repeatedly punching her.

The week-long trial heard that the incident happened after Natalie Archibald ended the relationship.

Such were the ferocity of the blows which shattered her arms as she tried to defend herself, the jury accepted the Crown’s position that Green did not care if she lived or died and he should be found guilty of attempted murder.

Lord Hardie said he accepted that whatever the cause, it was not Green’s fault that the case had to be adjourned. He deferred sentence again to the High Court in Glasgow on February 7.

Lord Hardie had asked for the reports after the verdict because, in view of Green’s record of violence he wanted to explore whether public safety and interest would require greater protection than would be afforded by a straightforward sentence.