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Knifeman who held blade to throat during four-hour police standoff at Scots train station dodges jail

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knifeman who held a blade to his throat during a four-hour standoff with police at a mainline rail station - in which nearly 100 trains had to be cancelled, delayed, or diverted - has dodged jail.

Connor Waugh, 22, caused disruption as far south as London as a result of what was described as "a siege situation" at the station in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

He was seen at the station, Falkirk Grahamston, armed with a folding knife and a flick knife, after he had been missing from home all night.

His parents had called police the previous day after he stormed off from their home in nearby Stenhousemuir in what Falkirk Sheriff Court was told was "a fit of rage".

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