Prisoner damaged roof due to ‘cabin fever’

A swastika- tattooed torturer had his jail sentence extended yesterday after he admitted damaging the roof at a maximum security prison.

James Faulds caused nearly £1,000 worth of damage by pulling a quantity of cladding down from the roof in Perth Prison.

Faulds claimed he kicked off in the exercise yard because he had “cabin fever” after being kept in the segregation unit for several months.

The 30-year-old had two months added to his sentence, although he is already subject to a lifelong restriction order with no fixed date for release.

Fiscal depute Lisa Marshall told Perth Sheriff Court: “This occurred within the separation and reintegration unit ’s exercise yard.

“The accused damaged the roofing there when he refused to leave the area when requested to do so.”

Faulds, from Ayr, admitted causing malicious damage on August 18 and his solicitor said he had recently been diagnosed with a multiple personality disorder.

His lawyer told the court: “He has been in segregation since February this year.

“That has been difficult for him because of his mental anxiety.

“He fully accepts he had cabin fever and he just lost it.

“He calmed down fairly quickly.”

Sheriff Alison Michie told Faulds: “You have admitted causing over £800 worth of damage in prison. There doesn’t appear to be any particular reason why you have done this, other than some sort of frustration.”

Faulds was given a lifelong order in 2011 for torturing Andrew Allan, a vulnerable young man with learning difficulties, over a £60 debt.