Sandy siege

He had taken a powerful concoction of prescription drugs and alcohol after the death of a friend and had fallen unconscious at which point an ambulance was called. But once revived, he became violent.

It was seven hours before police eventually stormed the building, partly because at the time they believed he also had a machine gun (although this proved unfounded).

He was arrested and appeared in St Albans Crown Court where his defendant said that his behaviour had been completely out of character and only brought about by his friend’s death. He was put on probation for two years.