Paul Graham jailed for Ipswich Judge John Devaux attack 4 June 2013 Last updated at 12:33 A man who ran from the public gallery of a Suffolk court and attacked a judge has been jailed for 18 months. Paul Graham, 27, of Haverhill, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court, 24 hours after attacking Judge John Devaux in the same building. An eyewitness said Graham ran to the bench after the judge had jailed his brother for causing death by dangerous driving. Graham admitted a charge of contempt of court. During sentencing, Judge David Goodin said: "When the judge had passed the inevitable sentence of imprisonment, you left the public gallery at speed, travelled down the side of the court very fast, vaulted over the wooden gate at the side of the bench, physically attacked Judge Devaux by punches which actually caused no physical injury. That conduct was disruptive, insulting and intimidating. He added it was an "attack on justice, on the administration of justice, an attack on the rule of law." Real harm Richard Potts, mitigating, said his client denied throwing punches but accepted there had been a struggle and that he had behaved in an intimidating manner. He said Graham, who lives in Quendon Place and works as a fitness instructor, had instructed him to "apologise unreservedly on his behalf." "He is a physically fit man and had he really wished to do real physical harm, there is no doubt he could have done so," Mr Potts said. Graham's parents had been in court for the sentencing of Philip Graham and witnessed the younger son's reaction to Judge Devaux's ruling. Judge Devaux returned to the courtroom about an hour after the incident for his next hearing.