Stephen Dingwall, of Lichfield Avenue in Ballyhackamore in East Belfast, was due to stand trial at Belfast Crown Court later this year on a number of charges relating to the incident.
Mr McConkey added that Dingwall had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of resisting police. Following Dingwall's guilty pleas, prosecution barrister Natasha Fitsimons told Judge Donna McColgan KC that she had an application to have charges of making use of a firearm to resist arrest and attempted robbery to be "left on the books" of the court in the usual terms.
A prosecution barrister claimed that on November 17, 2022, Dingwall flagged down a taxi on Albertbridge Road in east Belfast, requested a lift to a nearby train station but stated that he had no money. The prosecution lawyer told the court: "While police were pursuing him on foot, he produced a firearm and pointed it at a constable.''
He said the defendant could have been shot as the officer did not know if the weapon was real or not.