A man who brandished machetes near a school has been acquitted on the grounds of mental illness.

Mohammed Bhutta was charged with breaching the peace near St Aloysius' College in Garnethill, Glasgow, after the incident on March 18.

The 27-year-old was also accused of being in possession of two machetes, assaulting Elliot Roberts and resisting arrest.

He lodged a special defence that he was lacking criminal responsibility due to a mental illness at the time of the incident.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday, the Crown accepted that special defence and sheriff Martin Jones QC acquitted Bhutta of the charge as a result.

He said: "I'm going to make a compulsion order in terms of the relevant legislation."

It was heard he was acquitted because "he was by reason of mental illness unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his crime at the time".

It is not disputed the actions were carried out by him on the date in question.

Bhutta had run though a number of streets in Garnethill including Hill Street, Dalhousie Street and Rose Street.