Ian Salter-Bromley is quickly making himself known as the missing eighth dwarf: Angry. He was probably ostracised by Snow White and her vertically challenged septet because of his rather serious anger management issues.
Indeed, the 55-year-old dwarf makes Disney’s Grumpy seem like a bowl full of rainbows – his latest misdemeanour involves impersonating a Dalek from Doctor Who (by sticking a sucker dart to his head, obviously) and then threatening to “exterminate” two carers. The incident ended with the British man being tasered by police… twice.
Salter-Bromley, who stands at just four feet tall, had to appear in Hull Crown Court for a hearing about his anger issues. The judge heard that while the dwarf had been friendly when the carers first visited his sheltered housing complex, things soon soured, with the man aggressively threatening to kill the carers before then barricading the door to his flat and having a stand off with police.
When police did break into his home the he was found standing with a 20-centimetre knife and was apparently so angry that the “veins were sticking out of his neck”.
But this is just one of the many things Salter-Bromley has done. His escapades have been such that they have eventually landed him a nine-month jail term. He is also reported to have carried out a dirty protest – smearing poo and urine into his local council’s offices – because he was angry that the kitchen surfaces in his apartment were too high for him to reach, for which he received an ASBO.
Another time he was found guilty of possession of a knife after he threatened a woman when her children had been making fun of his height on a bus.
Recorder David Gordon told the dwarf when issuing his prison sentence: “Individually, these aren’t the most serious offences, but together they take on a different complexion.
“You would have been jailed for longer if it hadn’t been for your disabilities.
“I appreciate you are isolated and have an extremely lonely life, which makes you frustrated. But now you have time behind bars to reflect and try to keep your temper under control.”