Homeless Doncaster man jailed for threatening to 'damage all the cars in Cantley'

A homeless Doncaster man has been jailed for threatening to “damage all the cars in Cantley and the police cars belonging to South Yorkshire Police”, court records show.

By Andy Done-Johnson

Published 10th Feb 2021, 10:51 BST

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Patrick Jordan Ronan made the threats to an on-duty police officer on January 30, and appeared before Doncaster Magistrates’ Court the following day, where he admitted threatening an emergency worker.

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The 28-year-old, of no fixed address, was jailed for 10 weeks because magistrates deemed that the offence was so serious because of his record of previous offending.

Patrick Ronan was jailed for threatening a police officer

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