A murderer released after serving just 11 years of a life sentence has been sent back to jail after he admitted attacking two police officers sent to check on a disturbance at his flat.
Ian Gorthy was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing Richard Preston, 28, to death with a Bowie knife on Blackness Road, Dundee, on August 12 2000.
He served just 11 years before he was released from prison in 2011, moving back to the city where he committed his crime.
He is back behind bars after he lashed out at police sent to his home on January 28 to check on reports of a disturbance at the flat on Court Street North.
When officers knocked on the door Gorthy went out and told them to leave unless they had a warrant.
He was told because a disturbance had been reported they could use their common law powers to enter but he again refused them entry.
Depute fiscal Laura Bruce told Dundee Sheriff Court that a brawl then broke out.
She said: “Because of his continued abuse he was informed he was under arrest.
“He then lashed out with his hands and struggled with the officers and punched constable Kenneth McLeod on the face.
“Constable David Feeney then attempted to put handcuffs on him and the accused swung his left arm towards him and struck him on the body.”
Gorthy, 35, of Court Street North, Dundee, pled guilty to two charges of police assault, one of resisting arrest and one of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.
Defence solicitor Larry Flynn said Gorthy had initially been released on bail after his first appearance in court over the charges but was recalled to custody on his life licence three days later.
He said: “There was a parole hearing which he lost and his earliest date of review of that is now June 2019.
“This is the first time he has been in court since he was released in 2011.”
Sheriff John Rafferty jailed Gorthy for a total of 171 days from yesterday, though Gorthy will then stay in custody until at least June 2019 when he can again apply for parole on his life sentence.