A Fraserburgh man threatened to stab police officers when they were called to his home and told one he hoped his mother got cancer, a court heard.
Ian Norrie, 43, of 132 St Andrews Drive, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court yesterday and plead guilty to acting in a threatening or abusive manner.
Fiscal Depute Stephanie Ross told the court Norrie had been “frothing at the mouth” when he was visited by officers on an unrelated matter on February 27 this year, around 3.30pm.
She said: “He became increasingly aggressive towards the police officers.
“He made a stabbing motion towards his neck, and said words to the effect of ‘the first one of you to come in here is getting it’.
“The accused then shut his door and barricaded himself in.”
Norrie, who was once jailed for three-and-a-half-years for assaulting a man over a £15 debt in 2004, continued his tirade from the top floor of his home and threatened to throw himself out the window.
Ms Ross continued: “He continued to scream that he would ‘f****** stab’ police officers.
“The police officers perception was that he was under the influence of something.”
He said to one officer ‘I hope your mother’s bones are riddled with cancer’, Ms Ross added.
When officers finally gained access to the flat, Norrie was found unconscious.
But defence agent Kiendra Morrison told Sheriff James Tierney that his client’s actions could be explained by ongoing issues with the medication he was receiving from his GP.
Norrie also believed someone had spiked his drink earlier in the day police were called to his home.
Ms Morrison added that Norrie’s own mother was suffering through a terminal illness which he has found “hard to deal with”.
The sheriff will now consider Norrie’s background before delivering a sentence.
