Simon Muttitt was jailed for three years after he lashed out with a knife
A spoof David Attenborough video went horribly wrong after the laughing cameraman was stabbed by an angry camper he was filming.
Simon Muttitt lashed out with a knife when his outdoor bed collapsed while he was trying to sleep and his fellow camper, who had caught the incident on camera, began to laugh.
Before the stabbing, the victim assumes an accent similar to David Attenborough's while he moves towards Muttitt's hammocks and says: "We are in the woods creeping about looking for wildlife."
As Muttitt swears, clearly unhappy about being filmed, the victim continues: "What we have here is an angry gaffer.
"Amongst the trees, an angry gaffer. We have language, we have strange behaviour from the angry gaffer."
Muttitt repeatedly says 'f*** off' and waves a knife about before falling out of the hammock to screams of laughter from the victim.
Muttitt fails to see the funny side and responds by stabbing his fellow camper in the leg.
Newcastle Crown Court heard the sleepy 45-year-old initially "flung" the weapon that he was carrying for bush craft during the overnight expedition at Penshaw Monument woodland, in Houghton le Spring, County Durham.
He then picked it up and swung it at his victim's leg.
The weapon caused two gashes that were initially dressed by the victim himself using wet wipes though he was treated at hospital a day after the attack in November 2015.
The court heard the wild campers had been drinking around a fire before Muttitt settled in for the night in his hammock.
Trouble flared when his victim kept filming, despite being told to stop and then laughed when Muttitt's hammock collapsed.
Muttitt, of Tatham Street, Sunderland, was convicted of wounding with intent after a trial by jury.
He had admitted the lesser charge of unlawful wounding, which was rejected by prosecutors.
Judge Robert Spragg sentenced him to three years behind bars.
The judge said: "He was making a video diary of what took place.
"You got into your hammock. It is clear you were drunk. He filmed it.
"During the course of it, it is clear he carried on videoing, despite you telling him to stop and telling him to go away.
"Your hammock collapsed. He found it funny, you didn't.
"You had a knife in your hand, a knife used for bush craft.
"You flung the knife and it caught him in the leg. You then forcibly swung the knife at his leg."
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