A man has been jailed for kicking two health support workers in the head in a sustained attack at Bradford’s Cygnet Hospital in Wyke.

Dale Gibson was just 18 at the time of the assaults in December, 2017, Bradford Crown Court heard on Monday.

He was angry because he had been “sectioned” under The Mental Health Act, prosecutor Abdul Shakoor said.

Gibson, now 21, who has since been an in-patient at the Edenfield Centre in Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He attacked the two male workers at 3.40pm on December 18, 2017, after they intervened to take him back to his room when he became aggressive towards another patient in a communal room.

Gibson threw one staff member across a corridor and when he hit his head on a cabinet and was knocked out he kicked him to the head.

When the second staff member went to help his colleague, Gibson pushed him to the ground, stood on his hand and kicked him to the shoulder and four times to the head.

The first victim sustained a cut to the head, back pain and whiplash, Mr Shakoor said.

His colleague was treated in hospital for a chipped bone in his shoulder, pain to his head and a bruised hand.

Gibson said he was angry because he had recently been detained at the hospital under The Mental Health Act.

He had 13 previous convictions for 24 offences, including common assault, battery, assaulting a police constable and robbery. He was on a community order at the time for taking a vehicle without consent.

Mr Shakoor said they were Category One offences because Gibson attacked the health support employees by kicking them with a shod foot while they were doing important work for the community.

Alexandra Sutton, Gibson’s barrister, said he had been at the Edenfield Centre since March, 2018, and his treatment was complete.

His doctor said he would benefit from being in a custodial setting and Gibson himself was happy to make the move.

There was a home with his grandfather when he was released from prison.

Judge Richard Mansell QC said it was a sustained attack and Gibson had previous convictions for violence.

But he was only 18 and he had been detained in hospital since because his mental health problems were at the root of his aggression.

Gibson was jailed for nine months. The time spent in hospital will not count against the sentence.