Paramedics rush to help passed out man who then threatened them with knife

A drugged-up man threatened to kill a paramedic with a kitchen knifeafter he was found unconscious in the street.

Jordan Wright, 28, of Ty Heddlu, Wales, pulled a four-to-five-inch blade from his pocket and shouted at bystanders: "This knife is going in your f****** chest... Stay the f**** away from me." He then told a paramedic and a witness: "I am going to kill you and cut you up."

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday heard Wright had been treated by a paramedic and an assistant on July 9 after being found unconscious in Tonteg, near Pontypridd. Believed to be under the influence of drugs, an IV was administered to deliver naloxone. It comes after man called 999 for 'his own protection' - then ended up jailed himself.

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He woke suddenly, swinging his arms and shouting: "Get away from me. Don't f****** touch me," and his behaviour was described in court as "violent, erratic, and unpredictable." Wright ripped off his oxygen mask, threw medical equipment around, and smashed an oxygen canister on the floor, releasing flammable gas, Wales Online reports.

He ripped the cannula from his arm, causing blood to spray over the equipment. Amid the chaos, he shouted: "You better give me back my f****** phone," as paramedics explained it was in his bag.

The court heard Wright kicked over his coat and bag, spilling the contents onto the pavement. When offered a bandage for his cut, he refused, saying "no. Let me bleed."

Further attempts to calm him failed. He insulted a man and tried to throw a ceramic bowl, then swayed and collapsed, losing consciousness again. On regaining consciousness, he again refused treatment: "No. No-one touches my body."

Police and ambulance staff arrived, but Wright continued to act aggressively, refusing treatment and leaving the ambulance. He was arrested and taken to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, where he spat at a police officer and was placed in a spit hood.

When he was taken into custody, he was found with a bag of green vegetable matter, a bag of white powder, and a bag of white crystals. The knife was later recovered from a front garden near the incident.

When interviewed under caution, Wright claimed he remembered nothing and said he had suffered a "mental health episode" after being hit in the head with a brick four days earlier.

Wright later pleaded guilty to affray, possession of cannabis, threatening a person with a blade, possession of a kitchen knife, and assaulting a constable. He has seven previous convictions, including possession of a bladed article, possession of cannabis, and a public order offence. In mitigation, Kevin Seal said his client has mental health difficulties and had been of good character until the Covid pandemic.

Wright was sentenced to a total of 58 weeks imprisonment.