A KNIFE-WIELDING schizophrenic has been made the subject of an indefinite Hospital Order after a judge labelled him a public danger.

Tajamble Din suffered from hallucinations that made him carry weapons to protect himself, Bradford Crown Court heard.

His neighbour, Abdul Waqar, thought he was going to be killed when Din pointed a five-inch bladed kitchen knife at him in a snicket late at night, prosecutor Nial Carlin said.

Mr Waqar, 31, had followed Din into the alleyway at 11pm on March 21 after the defendant was seen holding a large knife in the street.

Din, of Drake Street, Keighley, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and was sent to Bradford's Lynfield Mount Hospital because he had mental health problems.

Yesterday, Judge Robert Bartfield made a Hospital Order with a restriction, meaning that Din cannot be released until the Secretary of State rules that it is so safe to do so.

Mr Carlin said Din took out the knife, pointed it at Mr Waqar and moved towards him.

Mr Waqar ran away and called the police.

He told officers: "I was horrified. I thought he was going to kill me. I was in fear for my life."

Din, who had a caution for battery dating from 2013, answered no comment to all police questions.

He was made the subject of an interim Hospital Order at a previous hearing.

He appeared in the dock flanked by four staff members from Lynfield Mount.

The court heard that Din had sometimes forgotten to take his medication when he was living in the community.

He suffered from paranoia and felt he needed to carry weapons for his own safety.

His solicitor advocate, Ash Mahmood, said: "His family are grateful for the help this order will give the defendant."

Judge Bartfield said Mr Waqar went to investigate after his mother saw Din in the street outside their house holding the knife.

Din had been schizophrenic for five years and had previously used a knife against a member of his family, the court heard.

When he did not take his anti-psychotic medication he had hallucinations and believed that members of the public, and people in his own family, meant to harm him.

Din regularly carried a knife or other sort of weapon around with him.

Judge Bartfield told him: "It is likely that one day you will do somebody some very serious harm or worse."