Jail for student who brandished replica gun at Exeter University

Yihe Xiong had told fellow students he would open fire if presentation went badly

A student who triggered an armed police response when he brandished a fake gun on a university campus has been jailed for eight months.

Yihe Xiong, 25, took the realistic-looking imitation Beretta pistol into a University of Exeter building where he was due to give a presentation.