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A one-legged man had his false leg stolen from him the day before a court appearance.

Ian Parrish, 50, from Freeman Street in Grimsby, then claimed the lack of a leg would mean he would struggle to move around prison if he was jailed.

But Parrish's legless plea failed to prevent him from being locked up after Grimsby Crown Court heard he had threatened to put a knife through the eyes of police.

He warned police during a confrontation: "The first officer who comes through this door is getting a knife through her eyes."

He also daubed white paint on an 84-year-old neighbour's door and later called her an "old b**tard", a court heard.

Parrish admitted possessing a knife, damaging a door and possessing heroin.

Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told the court that police were alerted to a report of a man in the street with a knife on April 26.

Parrish was aggressive and agitated and would not let police in.

He shouted: "The first officer who comes through this door is getting a knife through her eyes."

He was unsteady on his foot but later let police in and was found with a bag of 10 wraps of heroin.

On June 27, Parrish daubed white paint on the door of a pensioner neighbour after a history of problems between them.

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She confronted him and he threatened her, warning her: "You wait until I see you in town on your own. I'll have you."

A knife with a 10-inch serrated blade was later found after a stand-off with police.

The woman was left nervous and scared and said that Parrish had made her life hell. He had since been evicted.

Parrish had convictions for 70 previous offences, including possessing knives in 2018 and 1998 as well as burglary and supplying heroin and crack cocaine.

Craig Lowe, mitigating, said that Parrish's most recent prison sentence was 10 years ago.

He was disabled after a leg was amputated because of a bone infection when a metal plate became infected.

But his artificial leg was stolen from him the day before his court appearance, meaning that he would struggle with his mobility while in prison because of the stairs there.

Judge David Tremberg asked whether the amputation was drug-related but Parrish denied this.

"He wants to address his drug misuse," said Mr Lowe.

Parrish admitted describing the elderly woman as an "old b**tard" to a probation officer.

"There was a bit of a history here and feelings were running high," said Mr Lowe.

Judge Tremberg said Parrish acted in an "overbearing, callous, vengeful way" and caused "gratuitous" damage to the door.

"The notion of you wandering about in public with a knife like that is chilling and wholly incompatible with good public order," said Judge Tremberg.

Parrish, also known as Ian Parish, was jailed for a year.

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