Overview
- Lord Renucci sentenced Lee Spence at the High Court in Glasgow to an extended term of eight years and three months plus three years of supervision on release.
- Spence, 25, admitted attempted murder in November after slashing his father, John Spence, with a blade at HMP Perth on July 12, 2025.
- The victim sustained a wound from ear to neck requiring more than 40 stitches and was treated at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
- The court heard the men had never met before being placed on the same prison wing, and Spence said he acted over alleged mistreatment of his mother and flushed the blade down a toilet.
- The judge called the attack “savage, premeditated and unprovoked,” noted Spence’s previous convictions, and defense counsel cited early acceptance of responsibility and a difficult upbringing.