Ex-soldier whose life 'spiralled out of control' after being kicked by horse arrested by armed police outside Tesco
An ex-soldier whose life 'spiralled out of control' after being kicked by a horse was caught with a knife and fake gun outside Tesco.
Specialist officers arrested them both outside Tesco Express in Ashton Road shortly after 5.15pm on July 23. Holt, of Ashton Road, Oldham, had a knife in his right hand and an imitation firearm, made to look similar to a Remington self-loading pistol, hidden in his jacket pocket. Holt told police he was carrying the weapons because he had had some 'trouble' with 'a lad' the same day, and there had been a group of 15 men outside his house 'coming for him'. He said he had taken the fake gun 'for protection' but had no intention of harming anybody.
The court also heard how Holt was released on license from two previous knifepoint robbery offences in Dukinfield, but had been given accommodation in a hostel where he quickly fell into taking illegal drugs. Mitigating, Ms Bennett told the court that Holt was 'remorseful' for his actions, and had stopped taking drugs and drinking alcohol since he returned to custody.
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