This is the moment a sheriff leaves his courtroom to jail a machete maniac – in the back of a prison van.
Security staff were unable to bring Harrison Long, 28, to the dock at Selkirk Sheriff Court yesterday as he hurled abuse and threats.
Sheriff Peter Paterson left his seat on the bench to go downstairs to the van in the court’s car park.
He sentenced Long to 640 days imprisonment over the horror machete assault and other crimes.
While the case was under way in the cramped van, Long fired his lawyer Stephanie Clinkscale.
Locked behind his cell door, Long said his solicitor was “f****** sacked”, adding: “I’ve got the right to represent myself.”
Sheriff Paterson gave Long the chance to speak on his own behalf but Long ranted more obscenities. Long also repeatedly struck his cell door, blocking out much of what was said in the makeshift courtroom.
The sheriff passed sentence and returned upstairs to continue the afternoon’s business.
Long raved at two security guards standing outside the van before the sheriff’s arrival, telling one he would “f****** smash your head in”.
Long was arrested in a swoop by armed cops after carrying out the machete attack in Selkirk on February 3.
He left victim Colin Hendrie, 42, with a fractured arm and a blade wound exposed to the bone.
A trial heard Long brandished the two-foot weapon at five people who believed he had earlier battered a Staffordshire bull terrier.
Long protested he was “framed” after a row erupted with the dog’s owner, Karen Valentine, 38.
The jury convicted him of the machete rampage earlier this month.
It was revealed Long bit a police officer and covered a cell at Hawick police station with his own faeces after being detained.
It also emerged Long chased another man with a metal baton in a separate incident. The victim had just found Long having a “liaison" in a bedroom with his girlfriend.
Colin previously told the Record: “I suddenly saw this guy appear wearing a balaclava, padded clothing, and carrying a massive blade.
“He was swinging the machete towards us. I tried to grab him and got caught with it on the elbow.
“I hadn’t even noticed I’d been hurt until someone in the bookies pointed out the blood. I looked and I could see my bone.”
