Andrew Taylor applied for bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with five counts of threatening harm

When police arrived to investigate the incident, the four officers were allegedly threatened with a shootout by a Riverland businessman.

A man allegedly pointed a makeshift gun made out of a wooden stock and curtain rods at four police officers, a court heard.

Andrew Keith Taylor, 52, applied for bail by video link in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday after scared witnesses alerted police to a Riverland business where they believed a man had a gun.

A police prosecutor opposed the bail application, saying the alleged offending was very serious.

The court heard police were called to a Glossop address on reports of a man threatening to kill himself and have a shootout with police on January 21.

“Upon arrival a number of police were pointed at by the accused,” a police prosecutor said.

“Police believed the accused had pointed a firearm towards them.”

The court heard Taylor allegedly pointed the gun at the officers in a close 10m proximity.

“After some negotiations police then realised it wasn’t a gun,” the police prosecutor said.

“It was just a wooden stock with metal tubes sticky taped to it.”

Taylor, of Glossop, is charged with five counts of threatening to cause harm – four of which are against police officers and one against a civilian. He is yet to enter any pleas.

Andrew Taylor applied for bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday. Photo: File

Self represented, Taylor told the court he was still waiting for his legal aid to go through so he could have a lawyer act for him.

“There was one phone call made by one of the alleged victims who entered my shop,” he said.

“I had in my hand the alleged rifle which was a curtain rod stuck together, I was sticky taping it when two people entered the shop known to me.

“I feel they felt threatened but I certainly never threatened them myself.”

Taylor told the court that he didn’t point the “gun” at any of the officers.

“I believe if I did point a gun at any of the officers they would have shot me without hesitation,” he said.

Taylor said he had now been in custody for over four months and owned his own business back home in the Riverland.

“My health isn’t very good … it’s deteriorating,” he said.

Magistrate Simon Smart ordered a home detention report and adjourned the application until next week.