A man pulled out a gun in front of a group of teenagers in a McDonald’s, before aiming it at a police officer.
Jacob Jenkins was jailed for four years for carrying the weapon in a public place.
Jenkins, 29, took his gun into the fast food restaurant in Tonypandy on May 2, and casually brandished it to a group of teenagers.
The group had noticed his stab proof vest and the fact he had been staring at them.
One of the group asked Jenkins if he was a police officer, he replied ‘marines’ before taking out the pistol he was carrying and showing it to them.
Concerned for their safety, the group left the restaurant and called the police.
Jenkins then left and was stopped by an officer nearby. Instead of surrendering he pulled the gun out and pointed it directly at the officer.
He shouted at the officer before fleeing the scene.
Jenkins was soon found leaving a nearby construction site having removed his coat.
He was arrested and a thorough search of the site by a police dog and its handler quickly recovered the coat along with two guns, which had been well-hidden under pallets, and which were found to be gas-powered ball-bearing (BB) guns.
A further search of the address where Jenkins had been staying also recovered another stab-vest and a tub of BB pellets.
At Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, Jenkins pleaded guilty to possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possession of an imitation firearm in a public place, and two counts of possession of a bladed article in public.
Today, he was sentenced to four years and one month, with an extended period of three years.
CCTV footage showed Jenkins in the McDonald’s in Tonypandy wearing a pair of headphones, a puffer jacket and camouflage trousers.
He was seen carrying his tray of food, which appeared to be four burgers and two portions of fries.
He sits down and opens up his jacket showing his holsters and stab vest.
Midway through eating his first burger, he passes the food into his left hand and pulls out the gun in his right, before placing it back into his concealed holster.
The next clip shows the moment a police officer pulls up alongside him as he walked down Gelli Road.
The officer gets out of the car to speak to him, but Jenkins immediately pulls his gun out, aiming it towards the policeman.
The officer jolts back and takes cover behind his police car while Jenkins shouts at him and then runs away on foot.
Later, bodycam footage showed a group of firearms officers surrounding him and pinning him to the ground as he was arrested.
He can be heard saying: ‘I got nothing on me. You can search me, I got nothing on me. So I haven’t done nothing wrong.’
The final clip shows police finding the guns in what appeared to be the ceiling of a property.
