A Stonehaven man called his local doctor’s office and told a receptionist he was ready to “take someone hostage” and “loved Adolf Hitler”.
Henry Evans, 22, spoke to the woman at Stonehaven Medical Centre and warned her he was “ready for the kill” and wanted to “taste human blood”.
As the woman tried to calm Evans down and keep him on the call he announced he would “cut out” people’s tongues and “gouge their eyes out”.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that Evans was eventually found by police in a garden holding a knife, where he stated he was “going to kill everyone”.
‘I have stolen a knife from my mum’
Fiscal depute Victoria Kerr told the court that at around 2.30pm on January 30 this year Evans called the surgery and told her people were “out to batter him” and that he was “ready for the kill”.
“He was advised to contact the social work department, to which the accused replied he had taken all his medication and needed more,” Ms Kerr said.
“The accused then repeated that he was ‘ready for the kill’ and that he was ‘armed up’.
“He then told her: ‘I have stolen a knife from my mum’ and ‘I have deodorant and I’m ready to make a flame with it’.”
As the receptionist continued to speak to Evans, he disclosed he had “boiling water” which he would throw on someone and that he was “ready to take someone hostage”.
At that point, the receptionist called the police but kept Evans on the line where he made further threats to “kill” and that he wanted to “taste human blood”.
He also told her he may “cut out people’s tongues” and “gouge their eyes out”.
Evans talked for some time about how he “loved Adolf Hitler” before hanging up the phone.
Police found accused in garden with knife
Police officers located Evans in the rear garden of a home in Stonehaven where they found him holding a knife to his neck, stating that he was “going to kill everyone and himself”.
He added: “And get me some f****** money!”
In court, Evan pleaded guilty to two charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner that caused fear and alarm.
Defence solicitor Sian Grant told the court that when police arrived they had done so primarily to deal with her client’s mental health issues, but that things had escalated.
She added that upon arresting Evans, officers took him straight to Royal Cornhill Hospital.
Sheriff Margaret Hodge deferred sentence on Evans, of Woodview Court, Stonehaven, in order for a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment to be carried out.
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