Man who asked to be sectioned threatened police and medics with home-made blade
Dean Strickland's mental health problems attributed to abuse of alcohol and drugs and he is not deemed suitable for mental health treatment
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A man who threatened police with a self-fashioned blade has been jailed.
Dean Strickland said he was suffering mental health difficulties and wanted to be sectioned.
Initially police tried to calm him down and left the scene.