A nuisance alcoholic who was banned from every pub and club in High Wycombe has been given a suspended sentence after brandishing a toy gun in a stand-off with armed police.

Mpumelelo Khumalo has avoided an immediate return to prison, despite a chequered past which saw him regularly booted out of the town’s popular nightspot’s for constantly ‘badgering people to the point of annoying them’ by asking for cigarettes and alcohol.

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The notorious delinquent was hauled in front of a crown court judge once again this week having being arrested outside him home after pointing what looked like a real gun at officers.

Worried passers-by called 999 at 9.10pm on May 28 this year after spotting the 33-year-old walking around Desborough Park Road with the weapon.

He was yesterday slapped with a 12-month suspended sentence for possessing a firearm in a public place and for once again breaching his unusual Criminal Behaviour Order – banning him from the town’s pubs and clubs – which he was handed in May last year.

The ban – which he first broke just one week after it was given out - lasts three years and also prevents him from drinking alcohol in any public place in Wycombe, being visibly under the influence of alcohol, or being in possession of unsealed containers of alcohol in a public place.

It was issued by Wycombe magistrates who heard he continually harassed pub goers and people in the street for cigarettes and alcoholic drinks.

The terms of the order also ban Khumalo from entering Asda in Holmers Farm Way and compels him to attend an alcohol treatment programme.

Despite numerous warnings – including an eight-week jail term last year for breaching the order – Khumalo once again landed himself in trouble with the law by appearing to make threats with a toy gun.

The incident happened in Desborough Park Road - Google Maps.

Investigating officer, Det Con Nathan Davey from High Wycombe Force CID, said: “Although the weapon was found to be a toy gun, the potential fear caused to members of the public who saw Khumalo with this weapon was very real.

“The police officers involved in his arrest were armed police officers and it is not acceptable for Khumalo to point what looked like a real gun at armed police officers, he put himself in danger due to his thoughtless behaviour.

“It is not acceptable for anyone to be in possession of an imitation firearm in these circumstances and I hope Khumalo has learnt from his mistakes.”

During a hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court on Monday, Khumalo was given a 12-month sentence, suspended for 24 months, for the firearm crime and a concurrent eight-month sentence, suspended for 24 months, for breaching the order.