Man sprayed flames from can in Tesco

HE ADMITTED THREATS WITH OFFENSIVE WEAPON

- By MARK NAYLOR

A DRUG-addicted heavy drinker used a can of deodorant to “spray flames around” in a supermarket as part of a bid to get himself arrested and sent back to prison.

Alex Rooney set light to the spray he was recklessly squirting around from the canister and he used the flames as a “highly dangerous weapon” to cause panic and alarm.

His frightening actions forced staff to tell customers to leave the store through the fire escape, Hull Crown Court heard. Rooney, 27, of High Street, Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted threatening a person with an offensive weapon in public on July 13.