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London, June 18 (PTI) An Indian-origin university student who threatened people on the streets of Leicester with an imitation AK-47 rifle in a drunken state, has been sentenced to 20 weeks in jail and 12 months of supervision.
Jagjeet Singh Bains, 23, was a third-year student of graphic design at De Montfort University when he went on to the streets wielding the weapon while drunk. The incident occurred at 6 am on February 5. He threatened to shoot pedestrians and pointed the gun at cars, while standing in the middle of the road. People were terrified at the behaviour as Bains told a woman:"If you don't call the police, I'll shoot you". Bains, who shouted"I should be dead, I don't want to live", was considered a suicide risk. Bains, who suffered from depression, was suspended from his university, and has been under night-time curfew for four months at his family home in Birmingham. Andrew Bolc, defending lawyer at the Leicester Crown Court, said:"He knows he caused considerable shock and distress. He was immediately sorry." Bains had a drink problem and was suffering from anxiety and depression, which was exacerbated by the breakdown of a relationship. On the day, he was finally subdued by the police using rubber bullets. Bolc said:"It started as student high jinks and quickly deteriorated, with his low mood and fragile emotional stage.
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