At the time he was wanted by police and they correctly suspected the passenger in the vehicle was Taite. He also had a known criminal history that included attempting to murder a police constable.
Becoming agitated, he got out of the vehicle and approached the officers. He had what later turned out to be a whiskey bottle in his pocket, which the officers thought was a firearm.
Despite police warning him they were armed and he should stop approaching them, he continued, saying he had a gun and was going to kill them. He was shot once.
As well as the two threatening to kill charges, he was sentenced on two burglary charges, one charge for unlawfully taking a motor vehicle and one charge of dangerous driving.
While he had a history of previous offending, he'd had no convictions in the past 11 years.
He received eight months' home detention and was disqualified from driving for six months.