article_snippet: Gloucester Crown Court heard how, in the days leading up to the May 2012 attack, Benjamin Pettitt had taken heroin and cocaine.
article_snippet: In a police interview Benjamin Pettitt told officers it had felt like a dream and Benjamin Pettitt had woken up remorseful for what had happened.'
article_snippet: Dr Tim Amos told the court that Pettitt suffered from a number of drug induced mental health problems.
article_snippet: Judge Jamie Tabor QC ordered that Judge Jamie Tabor QC was hospitalised under Section 45 of the mental health act.
article_snippet: Judge Jamie Tabor QC also imposed a minimum prison sentence of nine years, meaning if Pettitt is released from hospital within that time frame Judge Jamie Tabor QC must serve the remainder of the nine years in prison.
article_snippet: On sentence Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Judge Jamie Tabor QC: 'This cocktail of drugs turned you into quite frankly little less than an animal - causing you to shout out you wanted to kill Judge Jamie Tabor QC and that you would get an adrenaline rush from it. '
article_snippet: You wouldn't recognise Judge Jamie Tabor QC if you saw Judge Jamie Tabor QC.'
highlights_snippet: Pettitt given hospital order and minimum prison sentence of nine years .