A prisoner jailed for threatening a Muslim taxi driver before a Justin Bieber concert broke free from his cell before climbing a security camera pole to stage a bizarre one-man protest.
Shaun Murray, 27, waved a flag at passing drivers in his eight-hour demo after he shinnied up the pole next to the prison perimeter.
Murray had travelled more than 300 miles from Newcastle for Bieber's concert in Cardiff in June.
But he was jailed just two weeks later after threatening a taxi driver with a machete - and shouting about "dirty Muslims".
Murray shouted "Toon army" to passers-by as he waved his home-made flag from the perimeter fence at Cardiff prison.
The prisoner climbed an internal fence at the prison on Saturday and could be seen from the roadway.
He climbed up the camera pole and stayed there for about eight hours before coming down at about 10pm on Saturday night.
A Prison Service spokeswoman said the incident was "successfully resolved by staff".
She said no prisoners or officers were injured in the incident and added it was a "matter for the prison authorities" if he will face charges.
The incident was revealed after a prison whistleblower told Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkins the jail was so understaffed inmates would be able to "take over" the building in "less than 10 minutes" in a riot situation.
Cardiff Prison is located in the heart of the Welsh capital.
The city's crown court heard Murray shouted: "They are dirty Muslims, they are baby killers, they carry nail bombs" before threatening the cabbie with a machete just yards from the Bieber gig.
But just an hour before the gates opened foul-mouthed Murray waived around a machete and launched into a racist rant in front of hundreds of teenage fans.
Murray flew into a rage when cab driver asked him to move his car parked in a cab rank before the concert.
Prosecutor Ian Kolvin said: "His manner and behaviour was extremely aggressive, he told the taxi driver to 'f****** move your car.
"He did so repeatedly and called him a mother f*****."
Mr Kolvin said other taxi drivers tried to calm Murray down as he ranted just 500 yards away from the Principality Stadium where the concert was taking place.
"He continued to be abusive, using the F-word and demonstrated racist hostility," Mr Kolvin said.
"He said: 'You shouldn't be in this country.'
"He was then seen to have what appeared to be a machete.
"He shouted: 'They are dirty Muslims, they are baby killers, they carry nail bombs'.
"If you don't move your car I'm going to chop you."
Other taxi drivers and door staff from a nearby bar detained and apprehended Murray before police arrived in the afternoon of June 30.
The machete was found and recovered by police and Murray was arrested.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Murray had driven from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to South Wales with his younger brother Edward Graham, 19 to see the Canadian singer on his Purpose world tour in June.
Around 50,000 fans attended the concert - which turned out to be the penultimate show on his world tour as the singer cancelled a further 14 dates.
Murray, of Newcastle admitted causing religiously aggravated fear and possession of an offensive weapon.
He was jailed for ten months.
Judge Jeremy Jenkins said: "You became almost immediately violent and abusive.
"When the taxi driver was trying to reason with you, you told him to f*** off, f****** go back to your own country.
"Anyone behaving in the way you did, using words that you did is by by the very nature a racist.
"The words you used in public were deeply offensive."
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