Exclusive:“Repulsive” South Yorkshire inmate threw urine over prison officer - with some landing in her mouth
The judge described the incdient as an “embarrassing, humiliating and deeply unpleasant experience”
A “repulsive” South Yorkshire inmate left a female prison officer “dripping” in urine when he threw it “all over her” - with some landing in her “mouth,” a court heard.
Jamie Gotobed, 37, claimed to have been “coerced” into the disgusting attack at Doncaster’s HMP Marshgate in July last year. Later saying he had “no vendetta” against the officer.
In the aftermath of the attack she described taking “multiple” showers, saying the urine had “covered” her “face and body”.
Recorder Brian Whitehead described the incident as an “embarrassing, humiliating and deeply unpleasant experience”.
Neil Coxon, prosecuting, told Sheffield Crown Court how the nasty offence unfolded on July 9 last year.
He said: “The complainant is a 23-year-old prison officer at HMP Marshgate in Doncaster. She had worked in that capacity for about two years.
“She was on duty on July 9 on a late shift. She was on the landing when this took place. She said it was unusually quiet that day and because it was so quiet she was aware of noises around her.
“She heard a clap and a whistle behind her. She turned around and saw someone running up behind her who she identified as Jamie Gotobed.
“He came towards her with some sort of pot. She could see it had golden-coloured liquid inside it. As she turned this defendant threw the contents of that container all over her, covering her in urine.”
Mr Coxon said in a later statement the prison officer said she could see Gotobed “smirking” at her.
During the disgusting incident the repulsed worker said the urine went into her “mouth” and she could “taste” it, adding: “It was dripping off me.”
The court heard after Gotobed had “scuttled off” another officer offered some fabric to wipe the gross fluid from her face. She then told colleagues “I’ve had piss chucked p**** at me, it was Gotobed, bang him up.”
In a statement read out to court she said the incident had left her feeling and “embarrassed” and “targeted” as other prisoners had witnessed it.
The court heard Gotobed had 21 convictions for 76 previous offences - with 57 for dishonesty, mainly shop thefts - 14 breaches of court orders and three firearms offences.
Christopher Brewin, Gotobed’s barrister, said his client was a former window cleaner whose life had gone downhill following a break-up - when he started taking drugs.
He added: “He says he did not have a vendetta and there was an element of coercion behind it. He owed money for drugs.”
Recorder Brian Whitehead told him: “This was in front of others at the prison and it had the effect on her that anyone would imagine it would - it’s an embarrassing, humiliating and deeply unpleasant experience.
“Guidelines speak of the repulsive nature of this offence”. Gotobed, who appeared via prison video link and of no fixed abode, was jailed for 18 months.
He admitted administering poison or a noxious thing with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy.