A man who left home with an axe after telling his mother he was going to damage cars, threatening the police when they arrived to seize it, has been given a suspended sentence.
Jason Heffron, 41, left his mother's home on 23 December of last year after telling her he was going to damage cars with an axe on his way to the pub.
His mother rang the police at 8.25pm to say she was concerned about him. Another call from a member of the public revealed that Heffron was outside the Bulls Head Public House, Cambridge Street, St Neots.
Yesterday (25 March) at Cambridge Crown Court he was given a suspended sentence of 14 months for possession of a bladed article in public. In addition he will have alcohol treatment for nine months, 20 days of rehabilitation and 120 hours of unpaid work.