Man who kidnapped council receptionist from her desk with knife and meat cleaver sparked hospital lockdown and 'stand-off' with armed police
A man who held a council receptionist hostage at knifepoint inside her car at a hospital after kidnapping her from her desk has been jailed by a judge who called him a danger to society.
Buckley, who had been discharged from a mental health hospital two days earlier, walked into the Oldham Council building and put the blades down on the reception desk, together with a letter, before he forced the woman to get her car keys, walk outside to the car park and drive. "She felt her only option was to go with him to protect others. She said she felt he was on the verge of flipping," added the prosecutor. "He started to get frustrated and she tried to keep him calm. As they reached Oldham College, he said she should take him to a hospital. She felt numb at that moment. She tried to keep him calm and just wanted the incident to end."
Around an hour earlier, the court heard Buckley walked into the home of a friend - a mother-of-three whose children were inside - armed with a bread knife and a meat clever as she sat watching television in the living room. The court heard he broke down in tears on the floor, said he needed help and referenced a hospital letter he described as 'a code'. Buckley also said he only 'trusted' women and girls.
In her victim impact statement, the mother-of-three said: "This incident has changed my life. He was a friend and was always welcome. That was all destroyed in the space of half an hour.. I understand he wanted help. I believe he was in the middle of a mental health crisis.Buckley pleaded guilty to assault by beating, threaten another with bladed article, kidnapping and two charges of possessing a bladed article in a public place.
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