A man dubbed "Britain's most menacing pensioner" has been spared jail for threatening to kill gypsies. Patrick Niblett, 79, clocked up his 236th offence after ranting about travellers in a charity shop.
He was carrying a lockknife and Swiss Army knife as he made a throat-slitting gesture and told volunteers: "I used to box." The "verbally abusive" OAP threatened to stab an officer before his arrest in Worcester city centre last September.
A judge branded the 5ft 2in defendant a "menace" after he hobbled into the dock with the aid of a stick and his carer. Worcester Crown Court heard how his rap sheet of previous convictions ran over 38 pages, beginning in 1962 – an average of four offences a year.
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