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A paranoid drug user who tried to murder three armed police officers in a crossbow attack was today jailed for four years. Michael Ley, 35, fired five or six bolts from the weapon as officers took cover behind a vehicle during the attack. ‌

A judge told Ley that he acknowledged he has expressed remorse for his actions and added: "Perhaps the most important mitigating factor is that you now accept that you cannot use cannabis again." ‌

Lord Stuart ordered at the High Court in Edinburgh that Ley should be under supervision in the community for a further five years when he will be on licence and can be returned to prison if he breaches its terms. ‌

The judge said that he would have faced a six year jail term for the offence but that would be discounted following

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