{"id":2244,"date":"2025-04-14T15:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2025-04-15T23:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:08:10","slug":"man-arrested-after-threatening-people-with-axe-in-wetherspoon-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/man-arrested-after-threatening-people-with-axe-in-wetherspoon-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after \u2018threatening people with axe in Wetherspoon pub\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A police helicopter was used to search for the man who allegedly threatened people with an axe (Picture: Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening people with an axe in a Wetherspoon<\/a> pub in Devon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Devon and Cornwall Police<\/a> officers went to the scene at the White Hart Hotel on Fore Street, Okehampton, at about 6pm on Sunday, after receiving reports a man had threatened pubgoers with a weapon.<\/p>\n

The suspect left the pub before the officers arrived and a police helicopter was used to search the area for him, the force said.<\/p>\n

A man in his 50s was arrested at about 8.50pm on suspicion of making threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u2018He remains in police custody at this time and enquiries remain ongoing,\u2019 the spokesperson told the BBC.<\/p>\n

They added no one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n

Metro has contacted J.D. Wetherspoon for a comment.<\/p>\n

This comes after three people were injured<\/a> in a knife fight at a Birmingham<\/a>\u00a0Wetherspoon\u2019s in January.<\/p>\n

A woman, identified as the pub manager, was taken to hospital after she was stabbed in the arm at the Navigation Inn on Wharf Road, Kings Norton.<\/p>\n

Her injuries were not believed to be life threatening, but she has required surgery, a Wetherspoons spokesperson told\u00a0Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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