A man who was spared jail after causing mayhem in a hospital ward when he sprayed his blood at staff, has reappeared in court for breaching a community sentence.

Phillip Bowman failed on two occasions to turn up for unpaid work at Woodbridge’s Red Cross shop – a court requirement imposed as part of a 200-hour community order.

In the early hours of October 23 last year, the 21-year-old sprayed his blood over Ipswich Hospital staff after severing an artery in his hand on a wine glass, during an argument with his girlfriend.

Jobless Bowman, who lives with his mother in Yarmouth Road, Melton, refused treatment in A&E and caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to medical equipment and clothing, after consuming a litre of wine.

Bowman also turned his aggression on staff becoming abusive and telling an arresting police officer that he was “building up some spit” for them.

A senior nurse called it “by far the most disruptive shift” he had ever worked.

On November 17, he pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour and criminal damage.

On Monday, Bowman appeared in custody at South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court and admitted missing two appointments for unpaid work, which he is expected to carry three times a week.

Bowman smirked and shrugged his way through the short hearing, telling magistrates he could not pay off the remainder of a bill for compensation and court costs because he had “other debts.”

Before adding 30 hours to Bowman’s order, presiding magistrate Anne Walker said: “You might see it as rather humorous. I’m sure living with your mum is infinitely more preferable to Norwich Prison.”