A man has been jailed for five years after intimidating youths at a children's skatepark.Jamie Garrity brandished the weapon - classed as a firearm - at the park in Prestonpans, East Lothian, in June 2020.
Prosecutors told the High Court in Edinburgh that the 35-year-old fired the device, disguised as a torch, 'between 20 to 30 times'.Garrity, also of Prestonpans, went on to march towards a teenage boy with the nine-inch weapon.
The youth then heard a 'distinctive crackling noise', which he instantly recognised as the sound of a taser being discharged.Prosecutors told the court that Garrity was 'showing off' and trying to scare the witness, who immediately called his father.
When the teenager’s dad arrived at the park, he saw the accused talking to a female and heard the taser being discharged on multiple occasions.Officers were scrambled to the scene and later recovered the taser, which had been thrown away into a set of bushes.
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