Two men were filmed threatening to shoot firearms officers during a 14-hour siege after they held a delivery driver hostage when they received a cold chicken kebab.
Paul Burton, 46, and Nathan Turner, 38, high on vodka and Valium, took to Facebook Live to record the stand-off.
He is heard telling police: “I ordered two kebabs. The geezer sat outside my flat for 45 minutes so I thought it was only fair, seeing as he forgot my salad and it was cold, that he would have to wait upstairs with me for an hour.
“So I’d like to report a crime, they stole my salad and they stole the heat off my takeaway.”
CCTV shows Burton roaming a corridor with a large air rifle with a telescopic sight, reports the Mirror.
A neighbour says in a 999 call: “It looked like an AK47.” Burton threatened to shoot the first officer who walked through the door.
Police marksmen surrounded the block in Bedford and called for the men to come out. One yells back: “Come through my f***ing door and I’ll kill you coppers in a heartbeat.”
Turner films a cache of weapons including an axe, scythe and truncheon and says: “If anyone tries to come into my house you better be bringing guns, you better be bringing knives, because that scythe is going in one of your heads.”
A new episode of the Channel 4 series 24 Hours in Police Custody takes viewers behind the scenes of the incident in November last year.
Siege commander Supt Steve Ashdown positioned one officer ready to fire a lethal shot if necessary. Burton is also filmed on an eighth-floor balcony aiming at officers. A radio crackles: “I’ve been shot at, I’ve been shot at.”
A 22 pellet had been fired into the windscreen of a dog unit car. Back on Facebook, Turner, recently banned from seeing his daughter, tells followers: “I’ve lost everything. If I get shot, it’s been nice knowing you all.”
The men eventually gave themselves up. The RSPCA took snakes and lizards from the flat, including a 13ft python. Burton admitted attempted GBH and having an imitation firearm and was jailed for seven years.
Turner admitted affray and criminal damage and was sentenced to 20 months.
