A man has appeared in court accused of threatening to kill police officers and brandishing knives and pieces of wood with nails in them at a city multi.
Ryan Black, 24, of Burnside Court, Whorterbank, appeared in private before Sheriff Alastair Carmichael at Dundee Sheriff Court on Thursday.
Prosecutors allege Black, who appeared from custody, behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person fear or alarm, in that he shouted and swore, acted in an aggressive manner, repeatedly uttered threats of violence and threats to kill police officers, brandished two pieces of wood with nails and brandished two knives on Tuesday.
Solicitor Kim Samson made no plea on Black’s behalf during his brief appearance.
Sheriff Carmichael continued the case for further examination and Black was remanded in custody.
He is expected to appear in court again next week to be fully committed for trial.
As many as 30 police officers and a fire appliance descended on Burnside Court shortly after 8.30am on Tuesday.
Officers carrying guns, riot shields and battering rams were seen by several people.
Witnesses spotted at least 10 police vehicles at the scene during the incident, which lasted for more than three hours.
Pupils from St Mary’s Primary saw officers carrying riot shields as they made their way into school.
Burnside Court resident Kathleen Duffy, 80, said she had never seen such a large police presence in 20 years.
She said: “It isn’t unusual to see the police here but I’ve never seen a presence as big as this.
“I was surprised to see the officers carrying guns.”
Alison Devlin, 33, who has lived in the block for two years, said: “When you see an incident unit van you immediately think the worst.
“The police were guarding the stairwells in the block.
“I was flabbergasted by what I saw. I have never seen anything like it before.”
Another witness said: “Some of the schoolkids saw the officers entering the building with the riot shields.
“They were just making their way into school.
“It must have been terrifying at that age to see that.”
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