Corey James Boyd pleads guilty to assault, driving and weapon charges.

A 24-year-old man who bit a hospital staff member after he had been stabbed in the stomach has told a court “he doesn’t remember” much of the incident.

A 24-year-old tyre fitter who had been receiving medical treatment after he had been stabbed, proceeded to bite a hospital staff member after pulling medical equipment off his body.

Corey James Boyd, 24, was sentenced in the Port Adelaide Magistrate Court on Friday for a number of charges including aggravated assault causing harm, carrying an offensive weapon, driving offences and assaulting emergency workers.

The court heard police security officers were tasked to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on January 19, earlier this year.

Corey Boyd was placed on a suspended sentence after he assaulted a number of hospital staff earlier this year. Pic: Facebook

Just after 6pm Boyd – who was in hospital receiving treatment after he had been stabbed in the stomach – became agitated and stood on top of his bed, removing medical tubes from his body.

As staff were trying to calm Boyd down as he began spitting at them, one officer felt a “small twinge” in the back of his right arm.

“Later on he noticed dried blood on his arm and two marks which looked like bite marks,” Magistrate Rodney Oates said in his sentencing remarks.

Less than a month later on February 7, Boyd was in the remand centre after further offending when he attacked an officer in the centre.

The court heard a nurse had instructed him he would not be receiving medication which he believed he “needed”.

“He was returning to a cell when he punched a phone that was on a wall, breaking the phone,” Magistrate Oates said.

“He was being abusive … he was told he would be moving to a different section due to his behaviour.

“The defendant lunged at the victim using his right leg kicking the victim in the thigh, pushing him back about a foot.”

The court heard Boyd had pleaded guilty to other charges including police finding him in the street yelling and waving knives and driving disqualified.

In written submissions to the court, Boyd had been raised by his mother and witnessed domestic violence as a child.

He began roaming the streets and socialising with anti-social peers in an attempt to escape his life at home.

“His childhood memories are bad,” Magistrate Oates said.

“He has also been harassed and assaulted while in custody.

In a letter provided to the court, Boyd said he was “sorry” and that he “doesn't remember certain incidents ” due to him coming off drugs at the time.

Magistrate Oates sentenced Boyd to 16 months and 36 days imprisonment, with seven months and 23 days backdated to February 7, when Boyd was placed in custody.

The remaining term – nine months and 13 days – was suspended with Boyd entering a 18 month good behaviour bond.

He was also ordered to complete 60 hours of community service.