BY IAN CROUCH
A man who threatened to kill paramedics while armed with a knife at Weston has been gaoled for at least 8 months.
Paramedics were called to a warehouse on Johnson Avenue on Monday night to treat 53-year-old Rodney Allan Daley for low blood sugar.
But Cessnock Court heard yesterday he began screaming at the emergency service workers saying he was going to kill them, breaking free from family members and pulling out a 12cm knife before moving towards the paramedics who fled and called for help.
Daley pleaded guilty to being armed with intent to commit indictable offence and assault frontline health workers - no actual bodily harm.
He also pleaded guilty to separate charges of intentionally destroy property and unlawful entry.
Daley was handed a 16 month sentence with a non-parole period of 8 months.
