Pictured: Man who threatened to kill Lisa Nandy MP - and greeted police armed with a loaded crossbow

This is the man who threatened to kill Lisa Nandy MP in chilling emails sent to her constituency office.

Ryan Breheny also told police he had been 'offered an AK47' assault rifle and was going to 'execute everyone' in a hospital, the Crown Prosecution Service revealed. During the same call to police, the 48-year-old claimed he had access to chemicals and spoke of how easy it would be to build a bomb - and then greeted police who arrived at his home with a crossbow.

Less than an hour later, he sent the emails to Ms Nandy's office. A court heard the MP's office manager opened the emails was left distressed and shocked.

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In a statement, she said she 'genuinely believed that this man could've carried out the threats that he was making'. Today (September 19), Greater Manchester Police released a mugshot image of Breheny after he was jailed for three years and three months at Bolton Crown Court on Tuesday.

A CPS spokesperson said in a statement: "Ryan Breheny, 48, called the emergency services just after 6.15pm on 3 June this year. He told the police operator he wanted to make a complaint about the NHS. He then said that he had been 'offered an AK47 and was going to execute everyone in the hospital wearing a uniform'.

"He continued to make threats, using the word 'execute' multiple times and referring to the specific weapons he was planning on using. During the call, Breheny referred to chemicals he could get hold of and how easy it was to make a bomb.

"Less than an hour later, he sent two threatening email messages to an MP's constituency office. The messages contained threats to kill the MP."

Ms Nandy, the Labour MP for Wigan, is the