Duncan Shearman jailed for Oxford armed stand-off

A man has been jailed for a 14-hour stand-off in which he shot at police, stripped naked and hurled a vacuum and a coat stand from a balcony.

Duncan Shearman fired shots - later found to be blanks - from his Oxford home on 7 May last year.

Police fired a live round at the 26-year-old before knocking him over with a plastic bullet.

He admitted possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and was sentenced to six years.

At Oxford Crown Court, he also pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited weapon and damaging property.

He was sentenced to a further four years on licence after his jail term.

Police said he was found to have six blank-firing weapons and had "terrified" people near his Paradise Square property.

A number of surrounding streets were closed and nearby residents were evacuated from their homes.

Judge Maria Lamb said Shearman had "a fascination and obsession with weapons, a low tolerance to frustration and an incapacity to express guilt".

She also imposed an indefinite restraining order banning the "dangerous" defendant from going to Paradise Square.