A PRISON inmate who threw a bucket full of vomit and faeces into the face of a female officer has been ordered to serve another 32 months.

Thomas Guest lay in wait with the bucket which contained waste from up to ten other prisoners before ambushing the horrified guard in a corridor at Channings Wood Jail near Newton Abbot.

Her face and upper body were covered in the sickening mixture and she had to wash human waste out of her hair and eyelashes in a shower.

She was taken to Torbay Hospital for a check-up after some of the evil tasting substance got into her mouth.

She said she could still smell the stench of vomit a week later, regardless of how many times she washed.

Guest carried out the attack on the guard because he was desperate to be moved to a different jail but claimed the bucket only contained washing up slops.

CCTV from the corridor showed brown waste rolling along the floor as colleagues rushed their fellow officer’s assistance.

The attack sparked a disturbance which led to a partial lockdown and 12 inmates being transferred to other jails.

Guest, aged 32, of East Hill, Camborne and formerly of Lamorna Close, Hayle, pleaded guilty to administering a noxious substance with intent to injure or aggrieve.

He was jailed for two years and eight months by Judge Anna Richardson at Exeter Crown Court.

She ruled that the substance in the bucket had contained vomit and faeces after conducting a short fact-finding hearing in which four prison staff and Guest all gave evidence.

The judge said: ‘The effect on the officer was understandable.

‘She felt demeaned, unclean and shocked and had the very unpleasant experience of cleaning herself up. She now feels more vulnerable at work.’

Mr Greg Richardson, prosecuting, said the attack happened at Channings Wood on September 29 last year and was described as cowardly by a senior officer.

The female officer said the smell of the liquid was sickening and her face and hair were covered in brown lumps.

She said: ‘It smelled like sick and tasted sour. It was just horrible. I felt completely vulnerable, embarrassed and dirty.’

Guest, who is currently serving a previous sentence on recall at Dartmoor Prison, said he threw the bucket because he felt he was being picked on by staff and inmates and wanted a transfer.

He said he found the bucket in a dining area and that it contained dirty water and rotting vegetable remains rather than faeces or vomit.

He was serving a three years, six months sentence imposed at Plymouth Crown Court for burglary and assault at the time of the attack, he has since been released on licence.

He stuck a finger in the eye of a grandfather who tried to stop him stealing his deceased wife’s jewellery at a house in Southwell Avenue, Plymouth, in August 2020.