An Arbroath man armed himself and threatened to pour ammonia over police during a siege which lasted six and a half hours.
Police and firefighters raced to Lee Hackett’s home Strathairlie Avenue on April 17 at around 10.30am.
There, the 49-year-old acted in a manner “likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm.”
He acted in an aggressive manner, shouted and swore and stated he was in possession of a gun and knives.
Hackett threatened to pour ammonia over police while he was holding a bottle.
He also brandished a knife and repeatedly made threats.
Police arrested him just before 5pm.
Gas cut off
Hackett appeared from custody at Forfar Sheriff Court on Tuesday and admitted acting in a threatening manner.
Sheriff Mark O’Hanlon ordered reports and Hackett was released on bail and will return to the dock to be sentenced on June 20.
Police confirmed: “As a precaution, a number of residents were evacuated from the flats, however, [they] have since returned home.”
Katie Lobban, spokesperson for the gas network company SGN, said: “We attended a property in Strathairlie Avenue on Monday and turned off the gas supply at the meter at the request of the police.”
At least six police cars attended and an armed response unit was sent to support.
The area was also cordoned off by police until after Hackett was arrested.
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