Sam McTaggart had a lighter with two razor blades attached hidden in a cigarette packet. The 24-year-old admitted having an offensive weapon outside The Time Capsule on July 28.
A serial offender caught with an improvised weapon outside a Coatbridge leisure complex has been jailed for 27 months.
Airdrie Sheriff Court heard police officers saw him walking across the car park shortly before 4pm. Kevin Morrow, prosecuting, said: "They engaged with him and noticed he appeared very nervous. He was avoiding eye contact and fidgeting constantly.READ MORE: Glasgow boy, 12, drowned during water activity as company fined for health and safety failings
McTaggart, of Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge, told the officers: "I have mental health and I've been done in the past. I need it for my protection." McTaggart then got an extra eight months for throwing a kettle of hot water over a fellow inmate at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution.
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