Suicidal dad Mark Brown threatens killing spree while high on drugs
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A sucidal father who made terrifying threats
to go on a mass murder spree after taking a "lethal cocktail" of
cannabis and anti-psychotic drugs has avoided being locked
up.
Mark Brown was told by a judge
the best way forward was to allow him to remain at liberty under a
suspended prison sentence of 32 weeks with supervision for two
years.
The 36-year-old told an operator
he would cause even more bloodshed than notorious killers Derek
Bird and Raoul Moat (pictured below).
Judge Philip Statman (pictured
above left) last month rejected a recommendation that Brown be
sentenced to supervision with a curfew.
"Heaven forbid that anything
else should happen in the future," he said. "No doubt people
will be asking: ‘What did the judge at Maidstone do before passing
the sentence he did?’
"One has only got to look at the
men he has mentioned in terms of what he said to
police."
Maidstone Crown Court heard
Brown went to his brother’s home in the Kings Hill area on August 7
last year and was distressed that his partner had been unfaithful
to him and left him.
He talked about killing himself.
He later argued with his brother and was told to leave the
house.
Brown then dialled 999 and made threats,
saying he had weapons.
"He said he was going to punish
a lot of people and officers would require body bags," said
prosecutor Jo Cope. "He went on to say Derek Bird and Raoul Moat
were nothing on him."
He continued: "I am always the
one pushed. Please understand this: This will be another Raoul Moat
incident. Please don’t let me do something stupid.
"I am going to kill the first
f----- that comes near me. This is going down in a blaze of
bullets."
Brown was still in his car in
Kings Hill when police arrived. He drove off and officers believed
he was trying to provoke them into killing him.
At one point he reversed into a
police car at speed, causing £5,000 worth of damage.
A stinger device was eventually
used to puncture his tyres, but he drove on. He finally had to be
subdued with a Taser device.
Brown, of Saxon Gardens,
Shoeburyness, Essex, admitted making threats and criminal
damage.
Tuesday, February 21 2012
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