Walsall man seen at bus station with metal bar down his trousers 'showed it to people threateningly'

A man went out with a metal bar down his trousers looking for a robber and showed the weapon to people "in a threatening manner", a court heard.

Paul Thomas, aged 50 and of Floyds Lane in Rushall, Walsall, was seen at St Paul's Bus Station acting strangely on April 11 this year.