AN INMATE has been sentenced to an extended prison sentence after being found guilty of kicking an officer during a prison brawl.

Tyreece Ancel, aged 20, kicked a prison officer in HM Prison Portland on April 23 after a conflict broke out between inmates and staff.

The officer, who was restraining a prisoner during an in-yard altercation, was kicked in the ribs by Ancel, who was then restrained himself.

Prosecutor Elizabeth Valera read a statement from the victim to Weymouth Magistrates Court. It said: "It's intimidating and I'm not the person I was prior to the incident."

Mitigating Garry Crowther said: "He is an enhanced prisoner and an inmate cannot become an enhanced prisoner unless they are doing something right in prison."

In a previous hearing prosecutor Andrew Newman said the strike to the ribs caused bruising and the officer had to sign off work for a month.

During his return to work the prison officer was regraded to a different role within the prison because he 'did not want to put himself in harm's way again'.

Ancel will now serve an additional 12 weeks in prison consecutive to his current sentence.

He will also pay £150 compensation to the prison officer.