A MAN was arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill after he was found bleeding and 'behaving erratically' on Main Street in Hensingham on Monday night. 

Police were called at 6.15pm May 16 to reports of a man in Main Street in Hensingham,Whitehaven who appeared to be bleeding and behaving erratically.

Officers located the man, who was in possession of a knife, and were able to successfully detain him.

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A 32-year-old man from Hesingham was initially taken to hospital having suffered an arm injury, believed to have been self-inflicted.

He was arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and transferred to police custody

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/reportit , quoting the incident number. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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