A Harrogate homeless man has been given an 18-week suspended prison sentence for threatening to kill a policeman.
Ryan Hopper, 20, admitted the offence when he appeared before magistrates in Harrogate on Thursday.
Hopper, of Harrogate Homeless Project on Bower Street, threatened the officer on Rudbeck Drive in Harrogate on May 14 this year.
He also pleaded guilty to assaulting the same officer on the same day on Dalby Avenue.
Court documents said he was given a custodial sentence because of his previous record and the fact the offences were committed while he was subject to a community order. He was also fined £240.
However, the prison sentence was suspended for 18 months because there was a “realistic prospect of rehabilitation”, the documents added.
Hopper received a community order on January 5 this year for affray, possessing class B drugs, possessing an offensive weapon and threatening violence on Bower Street.
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Overnight arson attack on shed in Harrogate’s Dalby Avenue
Harrogate and Knaresborough firefighters were called out last night to a shed that was set alight on purpose.
The crew was summoned to Dalby Avenue in Harrogate at 4.53am to deal with the incident.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service‘s incident log said:
“The cause was deliberate.”
Earlier in the night, a crew from Harrogate went to Starbeck High Street at 1.14am to a report of a male locked out of his home.
The incident log said:
“The male needed access to medication inside therefore crews used a lock snapper and spreaders to gain entry.”
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