Man jailed for stabbing victim with scissors

A "volatile and violent offender" has been jailed for more than six years after he stabbed a man in the back with a pair of scissors.

Kain Masey, 33, launched the attack at a house in St Ann's, Nottingham, on the evening of 31 October.

Nottinghamshire Police said when Masey, of Eastglade Road in Bestwood, was arrested, he bit an officer on the hand and directed a torrent of racial abuse at another.

He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to wounding with intent, assaulting an emergency worker, and racially aggravated intentional harassment.

An extended licence was imposed of three years and 11 month on Masey's release, and he was made the subject of a ten-year restraining order.

Police said he had previous convictions for violence, harassment, and dangerous driving.

Witnesses to the first attack reported Masey had been watching a film and drinking before becoming enraged by a comment about a family member, the force said.

He then bit the hand of a female officer as he was arrested a short time later.

During a subsequent trip to hospital for treatment to his own injuries, a "heavily intoxicated" Masey subjected the second officer to the racial abuse, police added.

Det Con Mitchell Thomas said: "Masey is a violent and volatile offender who launched a vicious and unprovoked attack on a wholly innocent man.

"Fortunately, the victim of this assault was able to defend himself and avoid more serious injuries.

"That does not, however, detract from the seriousness of this offence, which has unsurprisingly had a very profound impact on the victim.

"I am pleased that Masey has now received this very significant jail sentence, which should also serve as a warning to others about the consequences of this kind of violence."

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