Man who stabbed taxi driver over £20 fare attacks Barlinnie inmate
Gordon McPherson, 25, lashed out at Ryan Gordon at the prison in May 2021
A man who brutally stabbed a taxi driver over a £20 fare has slashed a fellow prisoner while behind bars.
Gordon McPherson, 25, lashed out at Ryan Gordon in Glasgow's HMP Barlinnie on May 21 2021.
The pair had history which became violent during a prisoner snooker match.
McPherson stabbed Gordon on the neck behind the ear.
The incident took place 16 months after McPherson was locked up for assaulting Sajid Javed.
McPherson stabbed Mr Javid while co-accused Dylan Sullivan repeatedly punched him in the city's Govan.
The pair earlier "took exception" to a £20 fare before ambushing the dad-of-three Mr Javed leaving him with nine stitches and terrified of working.
McPherson pleaded guilty to his latest charges of assaulting Gordon and having two razor blades without a reasonable excuse.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that the two men were near each other but not communicating while the snooker match was taking place.
Prosecutor Alasdair Knox said: "McPherson reached to his right while using a razor blade with a plastic handle and struck him once to the back of his neck behind the left ear."
The pair then got into a fight which was separated by prison guards.
McPherson dropped a weapon from his pocket to the ground before being restrained.
Gordon was meantime noted to be "bleeding heavily" from his neck and was taken away for medical attention.
He was treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary with steri strips.
McPherson was then searched for more weapons and he was noted to put something in his mouth, later found to be a razor blade.
Des Ziolo, defending, told the court that there was a "history between parties" and McPherson had been injured previously.
Sheriff Joan Kerr sentenced McPherson, of the city's Gorbals, to 27 months behind bars.
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