A COURT has heard how a man armed with a knife went looking for a former friend at the hospital where she worked and threatened to kill her.

Husnain Sardar is now beginning a 15-month jail sentence for the “terrifying” incident in which he was tasered multiple times by police but still managed to run away before being caught.

Officers who confronted him said he was “very sweaty” and that “his eyes appeared to be rolling around” as if he had taken drugs.

He was found to be carrying a nine-inch knife with a four-inch blade and wooden handle.

Jailing Sardar at Bradford Crown Court His Honour Judge Colin Burn said: “There can be zero tolerance in response to someone who turns up at a hospital with a knife and repeatedly indicates … that they intend to cause serious harm or worse to someone who works in the hospital.”

He said “real fear” was caused to the target of Sardar’s threats as well as “a lot of anxiety” to a security guard who dealt with him.

Prosecutor Lauren Smith told the court how Sardar, 30, of Emily Street in Keighley, turned up at Airedale Hospital at around 10.30am on July 30 this year and demanded to see his former friend.

She was told he was “acting strangely”.

A security guard and a nurse prevented Sardar from going inside. He then became angry, made threats that he wanted to kill her, and said he had a knife.

He also goaded them into calling the police and ran off when they arrived.

He was chased by officers who tasered Sardar multiple times including when he was on the ground.

They saw him throw a knife away from him. He was also able to run off but was located and arrested.

In an interview, the intended victim told police she was left in genuine fear for her life.

In his interview with police Sardar admitted going to the hospital but denied making any threats. He later pleaded guilty to affray, possession of a bladed article, and possession of cannabis.

Mitigating, Ian Hudson said Sardar, who appeared via video link from HMP Leeds, had no sustained history of violent offending and that the incident was “comparatively short” with no direct threats to the woman concerned.

Imposing a 10-year restraining order on Sardar banning from any contact with the victim Judge Burn said: “You were threatening to kill whether you intended it to be believed or not.

“This was a very serious and concerning incident.”