A man jailed two years ago after trying to get armed police to shoot him by confronting them with an imitation weapon has appeared again in court on firearms charges.
Andrew Mould, 49, had been previously jailed for a year at Inverness Sheriff Court after admitting being in possession of an imitation firearm at his caravan home near Shiel Bridge and using it to intimidate two police officers on September 1, 2016.
Yesterday, at the same court, Mould admitted possessing shotgun ammunition, an airgun barrel and a silencer at his property on August 15, 2017.
Mould had been released early from his custodial sentence.
Defence solicitor advocate Shahid Latif asked Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald to defer sentence for a background report because of “significant changes” in Mould’s life.
Although the Sheriff could have jailed him yesterday, she agreed to defer until July 24.
But she warned Mould: “All options are open to the court.”
In the December, 2016 incident, armed officers were called to his home next to the Old Free Church following reports that a man was in possession of several weapons and was a danger to himself.
The officers arrived and initially negotiated with Mould to throw down two guns and a knife before apparently making an attempt to recover his weapons.
At that point, one of the officers discharged his taser and temporarily incapacitated Mould, who then began struggling violently with the officers who were trying to restrain him.
He was tasered again before being handcuffed and detained.
The court heard that Mould had told his sister’s partner he was depressed and wanted his guns “taken off me”.
The officers later discovered the German-made Smith and Wesson was a replica capable of firing airgun pellets.
It was empty when officers overcame Mould.