'Hammer' swinging man Tasered in street

A man had to be Tasered by police after trying to attack them with a large branch fashioned into a hammer as shocked families on a Leeds cul-de-sac looked on.

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Mack Page was brought to the floor by the 50,000-volt device after ignoring requests to put down the weapon in Poplar Close in Bramley.

He had swung the branch, which was described as being shaped into a sledgehammer or large mallet, and struck the attending officers.

Page was given a hospital order at Leeds Crown Court this week, rather than a prison sentence, because of a severe mental illness preventing him from entering pleas.