'Do I look like I've been done in'? Infamous Dougie Joyce speaks out from jail

Jailed Manchester hardman Dougie Joyce has sent a video message from his prison cell, denying he has been the subject of an attack behind bars.

It followed unconfirmed reports circulating widely on social media that 35-year-old Joyce- who is serving time for a vicious assault on a 78-year-old man in a Manchester city centre pub - had been attacked in the prison showers, leaving Joyce needing an operation on his eye.

But Joyce, one of the highest profile members of Manchester's traveller community, posted a video from his prison cell. Laughing and smiling, he says: "Do I look like a guy who's on the hospital wing or been done in?" He signs off the brief clip saying he's 'fresh as a daisy' and winking to the camera, as he lays back on his prison cell bed.

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Inmates are prohibited from using mobile phones behind bars, but their use is widespread.

In November Joyce was jailed for the vicious assault. After he was sent down for 19 months, police described him as an 'aggressive and violent man who intended to intimidate and inflict pain on a vulnerable 78-year-old'.

Joyce, wearing a black baseball cap and a Givenchy tracksuit top, followed his victim into the back room of the pub on Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter and began shouting and pointing at him, before punching him in the face and knocking him off his seat.

He continued to stand over the pensioner while gesticulating aggressively. When the victim stood up, Douglas Joyce launched a left hook to his face, propelling him backwards over the table and chairs.

The eldest of seven brothers and four sisters,