Man jailed after pulling knife out (From Daily Echo)

Man jailed after pulling knife out

6:30am Saturday 13th March 2010 in

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A SOUTHAMPTON man was jailed for 18 months for threatening a convenience store boss with a knife.

John Harrison, 26, became aggressive when he was confronted by staff amid suspicions that he had been shoplifting, a court heard.

Prosecutor Mary Aspinall-Miles told Southampton Crown Court that an off-duty doorman became so concerned about the row he stepped in to help but as Harrison was being removed from the Bedford Place shop, he suddenly pulled a Stanley knife from a pocket and waved it in manager Peter Lawson’s face.

After the door was closed, Harrison punched the glass twice and threw a brick at him, shattering the window.

He told police that he had taken up to a dozen valium tablets and couldn’t remember what had happened.

Harrison, of Sycamore Road, Southampton, admitted affray and possessing a bladed article at McColls.

Harrison also admitted an unrelated assault on his partner, who he kicked in the face and pushed to the ground.