A disruptive library user threatened to kill staff when they asked him to keep quiet.
Jamie Turner, 32, became violent and abusive when he was asked to leave the Millennium Library at The Forum in Norwich on January 7.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told he assaulted one member of staff telling them: “If I see you in the street I’ll kill you.”
Colette Harper, prosecuting, said staff had been left fearful of leaving the building.
Turner, of Foxglove Close in Norwich, later told police had been drunk and claimed to have no memory of the incident.
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He pleaded guilty to assault and also admitted threatening behaviour and assaulting emergency workers after a separate incident on January 26.
He kicked and punched police officers and threatened a paramedic who had been called to report that he was unconscious in the street.
Magistrates sentenced him to alcohol treatment and rehabilitation days. They also ordered him to pay £50 compensation to each victim.
Rob New, mitigating, said he had alcohol issues but was turning his life around after getting a new job as a gardener.
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