A shirtless thug threatened a doorman with a knife after being refused entry into a Newcastle city centre McDonald's.
Corie Ruddy turned aggressive when a door supervisor asked him to leave the fast-food restaurant on Northumberland Street after he walked in without a top on at around 11pm on July 18 this year. The 18-year-old then took out a blade and threatened the man in front of a large number of witnesses who "took no notice at all". Fearing for his life, the doorman picked up a chair to defend himself before Ruddy left the premises.
Ruddy, of Denton Road, Scotswood, Newcastle, appeared at Newcastle's Moot Hall via link to be sentenced for threatening a person with a blade. He had pleaded guilty to the offence at a previous hearing.
