Murderer given more time after assaulting fellow Inverness prisoner
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A man serving life in Porterfield Prison in Inverness punched a fellow inmate in a bid to be moved closer to his family.
Imran Shahid wanted a move to Glasgow, but instead the Scottish Prison Service returned him to Grampian where he had begun his life sentence for killing 15-year-old Kriss Donald in Glasgow in 2004.
It gave Sheriff Margaret Neilson a dilemma in how to deal with him at Inverness Sheriff Court today as defence solicitor Ian Sievewright said his client would not be considered for parole until 2031 – and his behaviour meant he was unlikely to be released.
He asked the court to impose a concurrent sentence after Shahid admitted assaulting Inverness man Cameron Ross in Porterfield on February 14.
Sheriff Neilson imposed a six month sentence to be served alongside the 42-year-old's current life term.
The court heard that he lunged at Ross and punched him on the head because he was "the nearest person to him."
Mr Sievewright said: "He wanted to be moved from Inverness to Glasgow to be closer to his family after his earlier request had been refused.
"There was no injury caused. His efforts were successful but not how he hoped as he was transferred two days later to Grampian and is still no nearer to his family."
Shahid was jailed in November 2006 after the racist kidnap and murder of Kriss Donald in March 2004.
The murder was committed by a group of Pakistani men and was the first ever conviction for racially motivated murder in Scotland.
The teenager, who was selected at random as revenge for an attack on Shahid by a gang of white men, was driven from Glasgow to Dundee before being taken back to Glasgow, stabbed and set on fire.
Shahid and two others fled to Pakistan afterwards but were extradited to Scotland after a personal appeal to the Pakistan authorities by former Glasgow MP Mohammed Sarwar.
