A man with mental health problems who threatened to kill his dad as he wielded a steak knife will not go to prison. Recorder Peter Ievins told Craig Mee: "Prison, in my view, is not the place for someone with schizophrenia."
Mee, 37, of no fixed address, appeared before Nottingham Crown Court on Monday (August 15) for sentencing for grievous bodily harm and threats to kill. Mee, who suffers from epilepsy and alcohol dependency, had lived alone with his dad after his mum died.
The court heard that, before the two incidents, Mee regularly held a knife to his dad who was scared of his son. When he called police previously, Mee took the phone from his father.
