Police apologise after man waited 15 hours for officers following death threat

"They basically said they had a gun, they were on their way to shoot me and they were on their way now,” said Andrew McQuillan.

Police officers took 15 hours to respond to a report of a death threat (PA)

Police have apologised to the son of a former assistant chief constable after it took 15 hours for officers to respond to his report that his life had been threatened.

A senior officer has apologised to Andrew McQuillan, son of Alan McQuillan, and said there had been a high number of incidents on Tuesday evening and no crews had been available.