A NOTORIOUS race hate killer has been attacked inside HMP Greenock with boiling water.

Imran Shahid, who was moved to the Gateside jail earlier this year, is said to have been 'scalded' by another inmate, who has since been transferred to another prison.

Shahid, 45 - the leader of a gang who killed Glasgow schoolboy Kriss Donald in 2004 - is understood to have avoided serious injury during the recent incident.

The Scottish Prison Service has refused to comment on the matter, saying it does not discuss individual prisoners.