Man abducted and threatened to stab two Fife police officers

Thug locked constables in flat and brandished TV aerial during ordeal

A thug abducted and held two police officers in his Fife flat before he threatened to stab them.

Adilson Hernandez, 20, locked the two constables in the Buckhaven property then hid the key during the terrifying September 28 incident.

The Cuban national also grabbed a broken television aerial and brandished it at the two officers who had to struggle violently to bring him under control.

The court also heard Hernandez had previously abused the emergency services during a separate incident, dishing out swear word-laden jibes and calling them “monkeys”.

At Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court depute fiscal Azrah Yousaf said: “Police officers attended at the locus to trace a suspect on an unrelated matter.

“The accused was lying on a bed within the bedroom of the property.

“When the other suspect was told they were being arrested, the accused walked out the bedroom and locked the front door to the premises.

“He ignored the police officers’ requests to unlock it and went into another room where he hid the key.

“The accused was then seen to pick up a shard of broken mirror before placing it on a table.”

Ms Yousaf told Sheriff James Williamson that Hernandez then picked up a broken TV aerial and brandished it at the two officers, later warning them: ‘I’m going to stab you’.”

Defence solicitor David Bell told the court his client locked the door so that a female in the flat would not be taken away.

Hesaidhisclient’sthreattostabtheconstables had taken place while he was not in possession of any weapons.

Hernandez admitted abducting the officers by locking the door, refusing to unlock it and detaining them against their will.

He also admitted assaulting the officers, brandishing a broken TV aerial at them and uttering threats of violence.

Sheriff Williamson refused bail and deferred sentence for reports including a restriction of liberty assessment.

Hernandez, a prisoner at HMYOI Polmont, will reappear for sentencing on July 2.

svesty@thecourier.co.uk

Adilson Hernandez admitted keeping the officers locked in the flat