A banned customer who returned to a pub with a 15cm kitchen knife had to be overpowered by seven people. John Robinson had been forcibly evicted but had gone home for the blade and "stormed" down the street and into the pub.
The incident happened at The Albion Hotel in High Street in Bangor on May 12 this year. Caernarfon Magistrates sent his case to Caernarfon Crown Court next month for sentencing.
Prosecutor Diane Williams said Robinson, 64, had been banned from The Albion for a previous incident. But he returned, was reminded about the ban and told to leave. However, on May 12, he went into the pub, was asked to leave and had to be forcibly removed. As he left, he said he would go home for a knife and then stab the landlord in the back.
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Five minutes later, the landlord was pulling a pint for a customer when Robinson re-appeared. One witness said he had been "storming down the road in the direction of the pub". Once inside the pub, Robinson pulled out a large, black-handled knife, with a six-inch long blade, from his pocket.
He was standing in front of the landlord but the landlord grabbed hold of his right wrist, which was holding the knife, the court heard. Six or seven members of the public and staff also held Robinson's arm "with the knife pointing towards the ceiling", said the prosecutor.
The landlord said in a statement: "Once I was satisfied he (Robinson) was sufficiently restrained I pulled the knife out of his hand and threw it behind the bar area and out of his reach."
Robinson, of Bangor, pleaded guilty to having a bladed article - the kitchen knife - in a public place and unlawfully and intentionally threatening Clifford Hanmer-Jones and other members of staff with it. He also admitted assaulting Mr Hanmer-Jones.
Magistrates chairman Gordon Browne told the defendant: "This offence is so serious it can only be dealt with at the Crown Court." He committed the case to Caernarfon Crown Court next month and granted Robinson unconditional bail until then.
