A former NHS worker who threatened to stab a paramedic and lunged at him with a scalpel has been remanded in custody.
Gary Taylor drunkenly attacked the ambulanceman who was responding to neighbour who had taken ill at 4am.
Taylor banged loudly on the door of the flat in Bampton Street, Tiverton, Devon, and when it was opened, he lunged at him saying "I am going to stab you".
The paramedic grabbed his wrist and tried to stop him and could see he had a blade in his hand, Exeter magistrates court heard.
Taylor, who had downed half a litre of vodka, had gone to the upstairs flat because he thought the couple who lived there 'were talking about me'. He said he had only intended to scare them.
Susan Snow, defending, said Taylor worked as an X ray technician for the NHS for seven years and said he was 'outraged and disgusted' that he attacked a paramedic.
Taylor, 47, who has no previous convictions, admitted assault and was remanded in custody by District Judge Stephen Nicholls until he is sentenced when reports are prepared on him.
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