SAMUEL Hill, the man who was found to have been wrongly convicted of the 1987 baseball bat murder in Bordon, is back behind bars this week after he carried out a knife attack on a publican.

And Southampton Crown Court heard that the compensation the former Whitehill man received after his murder conviction was quashed has all been spent on drugs, mortgage payments and, now, paying compensation to the landlord.

Hill was jailed for 30 months last Friday after the court was told how he had left Southampton publican Stephen Hoey with a permanent facial scar from the knife attack which happened after Hill was refused entry into a pub.

When Mr Hoey confronted him for repeatedly kicking the door in protest, Hill slashed him with a knife.

The court also heard that that one scar was still plainly visible from more than Òconversational distanceÓ away but other marks had disappeared.

Hill, 37, had been convicted of wounding and possessing an offensive weapon at an earlier hearing.

The court was told that he had two previous convictions for causing actual bodily harm.

He had also served eight years in prison for the 1987 murder of Malcolm Barker with a baseball bat in Ducklands until his conviction was quashed and he was released with a ÒlargeÓ amount of compensation.

But the court heard that the cash had since gone on drugs and paying off the mortgage of a house he shared with his mother, leaving only £5,000.

Hampshire Police have never charged anyone else with Mr BarkerÕs murder and closed the file on the case following HillÕs successful appeal against his conviction.

Judge David Griffiths said last week that Hill appeared to have a short fuse and when it blew he became very violent.

He added: ÒThis attack was unprovoked and you used a knife repeatedly. Your record is peppered with losses of temper.

ÒI donÕt know how much of this is down to the person you are and how much it is down to the eight years you served before you were found to have been wrongly convicted.

ÒBut this was something the landlord did not deserve and nothing other than a custodial sentence can be imposed.Ó

Hill, who now lives in Knaphill in Surrey, was also ordered to pay Mr Hoey £5,000 compensation for the attack.