A man who injected himself with water in a Dundee supermarket then threatened to stab staff with a syringe has been jailed.
Andrew Bryson, 38, was jailed for 22 months at Dundee Sheriff Court.
The court heard Bryson also repeatedly poured hot water over his own head and body during the incident at Lidl, Dura Street.
His bizarre behaviour took place after staff searched him under suspicion of shoplifting.
Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told the court Bryson was spotted by one staff member acting suspiciously in the alcohol aisle at 4.15pm on May 15.
He was stopped at the front door and told he was being taken to the manager’s office to be searched.
The fiscal said: “The accused became increasingly agitated, particularly when he was informed the police were coming.
“He got up and walked over to a sink and began pouring water over his head.
“He produced a needle and syringe from his pocket, filled it with water and injected himself in the hand with it.”
Bryson then threatened to stab staff members with the needle and threw it, narrowly missing one of them.
He then continued to scald himself with hot water.
Bryson, of Palais Road, admitted a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, at Lidl, Dura Street, on May 15.
He also admitted stealing a mobile phone from a property on Fleming Gardens West, on April 25.
The court heard he was at a friend’s house socialising and asked to borrow the phone, then walked out with it and failed to return it.
Doug McConnell, defending, said Bryson’s behaviour was due to drugs.
He said: “There are concerns in his behaviour that suggest he was not of sound mind but that was due to the drugs he had taken.”
Sheriff Drummond jailed Bryson for 18 months for the incident in Lidl and four months for the theft of the mobile phone to be served consecutively.
She said: “You have a lengthy record and were only released from prison in April then committed this offence in May.
“I have no option, you are not suitable for a community disposal. The only thing I can do is send you back to jail.”
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