Armed-response police descend on Leeds city centre for man with butter knife
Police armed with guns descended on Leeds city centre after calls about a man with blade, only to find it was a blunt butter knife.
Omen Brume was given a hospital order at Leeds Crown Court this week.
The 30-year-old was found to be suffering from psychosis.
He had been found unfit to stand trial, so a trial of fact was held in his absence in which a jury found that he had a bladed article in a public place.
The court heard that a security guard had seen Brume sat outside Leeds General Infirmary on the afternoon of May 4 last year.
Prosecutor Erin Kitson-Parker said Brume was known by the worker.
Later in the day he was asked to leave and was seen to pull out a knife and wave it in the air as he left.
The police were contacted and the armed-response team were dispatched.
They found him near to Cafe Nero on the corner of Lands Lane and The Headrow where he was arrested.
The silver butter knife was recovered.
During the short sentencing hearing, Brume, of no fixed address, was not present.
No mitigation was offered after Judge Robin Mairs said he would pass the hospital order, as recommended after an assessment by clinicians.
He gave him the Section 37 order under the Mental Health Act, meaning he will be detained for at least six months at a secure hospital unit for treatment.