A man has been sentenced to a total of 28 months following a string of drug-related offences including threatening a man with a knife at his home in Rochester last year.
Steven Miskin, 46, of no fixed address, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court yesterday, and was handed a 22-month sentence for threatening behaviour with a knife in a public place.
He was given a further six months for dangerous driving and a 36-month driving ban.
Miskin, who has 61 previous convictions, was also handed two, three-week sentences for possession of Class A and B drugs, to be served concurrently.
‘Swinging a kitchen knife’
The court heard how on 24 May 2023, shortly before 11am, Miskin was seen fighting with another man in Rochester.
The prosecution said the defendant was seen “swinging” a 4-5 inch kitchen knife at another man while running down the road.
The other man was injured and sustained a cut to the forearm.
CCTV at the time of the incident shows Miskin can be heard shouting at the other man to “stay away” from his house.
Police later recovered the bloody blade from Miskin’s property and found a number of other bladed weapons.
The court heard that three weeks prior to the incident, Miskin had been attacked with a knife, sustaining an injury to his neck. The defendant claimed this had frightened him and led to the incident in May.
The defence said that Miskin believed that the man he assaulted with the kitchen knife was an associate of the person who had slashed his throat less than a month before.
Speeding through Chatham
The court heard the defendant was also arrested for dangerous driving on 3 December 2022 after he was caught speeding through a red light in Chatham while under the influence of cocaine and cannabis.
He later crashed his motorbike into the side of another vehicle during a police chase.
The defendant did not have insurance and was found with one wrap of cocaine and one wrap of cannabis.