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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Gordon Currie & Sarah Vesty & Tim Hanlon

Masked 'knight' in homemade armour pulled out a knife before police dog bit him

A masked 'knight' wearing a homemade suit of armour who was spotted brandishing a knife at a popular tourist spot in Dundee has been jailed.

Robert Soutar had fashioned body armour out of old metal plates, lids, books and a chopping board before heading to Dundee Law at midnight.

But his armour failed to protect him from police dog Rocky who flushed him out hiding in the undergrowth and sank his teeth into him.

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