A Wallasey man who kept his girlfriend prisoner in his flat and threatened to stab police officers was jailed for four years.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that during the incident Kieran Mace kept her locked in and made threats to police, including saying he would throw boiling water and sugar over them.
Leah Frail’s ordeal only ended after police threw ‘flash bangs’ as a diversion and they were able to arrest him.
Jailing 21-year-old Mace Judge Alan Conrad, QC said that it was a serious offence and his situation was aggravated by his previous record which included threatening to kill a social worker.
Robert Wyn Jones, prosecuting, said that the incident began on August 30 after Mace met Miss Frail near St George’s Hall in Liverpool and later pushed her onto a bus going to Liscard.
He said they had been in a relationship for 18 months and she described him as controlling.
When they got off the bus he became aggressive and dragged her by her bag to his flat in Clarendon Road, Wallasey and locked the doors. He took the handles off the door and hid the keys.
The next morning he locked her in and went to the shops. When she told him on his return that she was going to meet her sister he said the only way she was leaving was if she called the police.
There was a struggle during which he smashed her mobile phone but she was able to dial 999 when he accidentally dropped his phone.
Officers arrived and began negotiating with Mace but he boarded the door with wood he and threatened to throw boiling water and sugar over them.
Mr Wyn Jones added that police managed to get into the flat but he used a mattress as a shield and threatened that he would snap Miss Frail’s neck. They managed to overpower him after using ‘flash bangs’ to disorientate him,
Mace, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, affray, criminal damage and common assault.
Michael Bagley, defending, said Mace has been diagnosed with a personality disorder.
He has effectively been in care since a very early age which has affected him strongly.
He said he been in a volatile relationship with Miss Frail, who had her mobile phone with her during the incident, is still young and needed to learn to integrate into society.
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