Prisoner left sucking ‘blended slop’ without a straw after Lotus Glen jaw-cracking king hit by Shaun Cameron Day

A man jailed for assaulting his partner after rampaging through Edmonton with an axe has been dragged back into court after he left his cellmate sucking “blended slop” through a hole in his wired teeth after breaking the man’s jaw with a king hit punch.

Lotus Glen Correctional Centre is no walk in the park. Picture: Daniel Soekov for Human Rights Watch

A man jailed for assaulting his partner after rampaging through Edmonton with an axe has been dragged back into court after he left his cellmate sucking “blended slop” through a hole in his wired teeth after breaking the man’s jaw with a king hit punch.

Shaun Cameron Day, 34, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm after he broke his Lotus Glen cellmate’s jaw with a single punch in the prison’s exercise yard.

The offence was captured in CCTV footage played to the court.

The footage showed Day with two men walking back and forth in the courtyard before he looked over his shoulder and punched the man next to him across the face before continuing to walk back and forth as if nothing had happened.

Crown prosecutor Angus Malyon described the aftermath of the attack to the court.

“The complainant fell to the ground holding his jaw, where the defendant stood over him menacingly for a few seconds,” he said.

“The complainant made his way to a table and sat down holding his jaw, checking his mouth.

“He stayed there for around half an hour before he was noticed by an officer and escorted out of the area to be assisted by staff before an ambulance was called.”

Day had a two-page history of violent offending which included an incident when he “armed himself with an axe” and chased a group of people into a petrol station who hid in freezers to protect themselves.

Mr Malyon said the offending was aggravated by the fact he was in prison for violent domestic violence offending and it involved “king hitting” someone without warning while they were going for a walk.

The complainant sustained a right sided jaw fracture and required surgery and for his jaw to be wired shut for six weeks.

Mr Malyon summarised a victim impact statement to the court.

“He was put in isolation for four weeks, he had anxiety when he left and felt nervous meeting new people,” he read.

“He was unable to eat properly for six weeks because he had a metal brace over his jaw which was wired shut.

“The only food he had was blended slop sucked through a hole where a tooth was missing, he wasn’t provided a straw.”

The court was told Day had a two-page history of violent offending which included an incident when he “armed himself with an axe” and chased a group of people into a petrol station who hid in freezers to protect themselves.

He was also charged over threats texted to an ex-employee including threats to remove their tongue, putting an axe in their skulls, and stabbing them in the throat if they went to police.

Day received a probation order for this offending but just six days after receiving the order he pleaded guilty to the strangulation, which landed him in Lotus Glen.

Mr Malyon told the court Day showed “no efforts to change his behaviour” and “continues to smash people when it suits him”.

Day’s defence counsel John Seccull argued the attack was of a “brief duration involving one blow” and said “thankfully there doesn’t seem to be any permanent impairment”.

He told the court that Day had a highly disrupted family life growing up which included family violence, drug and alcohol addiction, and abuse.

Mr Seccull told the court Day was working in mining before an accident left him with an injury and that caused his life to turn “adversely for him”.

In her sentencing remarks Judge Leanne Clare SC told Day that without treatment the man’s injuries could have caused permanent damage or even killed him.

She acknowledged his prejudicial childhood but told him he needed help to address his offending.

Day was sentenced to three years imprisonment with a parole eligibility date of July 15, 2025.

Originally published as Prisoner left sucking ‘blended slop’ without a straw after Lotus Glen jaw-cracking king hit by Shaun Cameron Day