An "intoxicated" man crouched down in the middle of the street, pointed an air rifle at a passer-by and told him: "I'll f****** shoot you".
John Michael Bostock was seen "nonchalantly" walking down a street in Trimdon with a high powered air rifle on June 1 this year. But when a passer-by told the 43-year-old to put the weapon down as he was scaring people, Bostock aimed the gun at him and made the terrifying threat. Bostock carried out the offence hours after pointing the unloaded weapon at another person.
Bostock, of Luke Street, Trimdon Station, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Thursday, via link from HMP Durham, to be sentenced for possession of an offensive weapon with intent. He had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing.
