A man who murdered his friend was found using an illicit padlock as a weapon while serving life in a maximum security prison. Convicted killer Paul Cannop, 28, tied up the metal padlock inside a sock to use as a makeshift cudgel behind bars at Perth Prison.
Sheriff Mungo Bovey deferred sentence for Cannop to be brought to the court in a fortnight's time to be personally present for sentencing. Earlier this month, Cannop, from Thurso, had a six-month concurrent sentence imposed to run alongside the life term he's already serving.
Concurrent, what is the point of that.
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