Man jailed for threatening Bradford College staff with shears

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 15:02 · Archive

David Noutch has been jailed for threatening to kill staff and students at Bradford College with garden secateurs during a tirade of racial abuse.

David Noutch, 32 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 18 months in jail on Wednesday after threatening to kill staff and students at Bradford College with garden secateurs during a tirade of racial abuse.

Noutch approached a group of students outside the college on Great Horton Road on 9 October 2025 whilst intoxicated. He struck one of the men to the face, which prompted a response. Security guards then attended the scene after being told there had been a fight. During the incident, Noutch was heard shouting racial insults and threatening to kill people on the college grounds. He then approached staff with a pair of garden secateurs as if to attack them.

Noutch pleaded guilty in June to racially aggravated assault, racially aggravated fear of violence and threatening a person with a blade in a public place. The Recorder of Bradford, Judge Patrick Palmer, described his offences as 'deeply troubling' and said Noutch had been trying to start a 'major incident'. The judge praised the security guards who were attacked and managed to stop his attempts whilst being racially abused. Two people were taken to hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries. Noutch will serve an additional 18.5 months on licence following his release.

How it is being reported

• Man jailed for racially aggravated attackDavid Noutch abused and threatened staff and students outside Bradford College on Great Horton Road.BBC Leeds And West Yorkshire · 14 Oct, 14:51
• 'I'll kill them all' - Thug who took pruning shears to Bradford college 'in bad frame of mind'David Noutch has appeared in courtHuddersfield Examiner · 14 Oct, 11:39

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