A disabled man who assaulted two nurses after being made to wait to see a doctor at Glan Clwyd Hospital has been told he could be jailed.

At Llandudno magistrates’ court chairman Jean Bryson told Brian Severs that although he had a lot of personal problems but behaviour towards public servants was unacceptable.

“One should not go into work expecting to be kicked and pushed,” she said.

Severs, aged 54, of Heol Gomer, Abergele, who appeared in court on a mobility scooter, pleaded guilty to common assault on two nurses who work in the Ablett Unit.

Gareth Parry, prosecuting, said that on May 29 Severs told his partner he was suicidal and felt like throwing himself under a train.

His partner called an ambulance and he was taken to the emergency department at Glan Clwyd, where he was told he would be the third to be seen.

He was kept waiting an hour, during which time other patients were seen before him, so he became increasingly verbally aggressive before making his way to the Ablett Unit.

He banged on the door and when it was opened he shoved his way in and tried to go down a corridor to find a doctor.

Severs was restrained by a staff member, who took him to the floor, but he kicked out wildly. one nurse was kicked in the arm and another in the ribs.

“He said he was going to throw acid at them and burn the unit down,” said Mr Parry.

The police were called and Severs continued to shout as he was led away in handcuffs.

Huw Roberts, defending, said it was “a terribly sad case” as the defendant had not only suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and depression since he was a boy but also had arthritis and a severe back problem.

Things had been going well, for him, however, until May, when his mother died and, on the same day, he received a notice to leave his home.

“ That was when he started feeling suicidal,” said Mr Roberts.

He became frustrated that other patients were being triaged ahead of him and so he went to the Ablett Unit to see a doctor who could help his mental problems.

“ He felt that they were heavy-handed in their treatment of him and his kicking was wild and reckless, not deliberate,” said Mr Roberts.

The Bench adjourned the case until July 23 for a full pre-sentence report by the probation service, and the chairman said that custody had not been ruled out.