A drunken Cumbrian man thumped a police officer who was trying to get him home safely for the night.
Marix Slatter-Toubas, 30, of Poole Road, Salterbeck, Workington, admitted two offences of assaulting an emergency worker when he appeared at Workington Magistrates' Court earlier this week.
Magistrates heard that Slatter-Toubas had downed fifteen pints, plus a few extra shots for good measure, when officers were asked to attend to him at 3 am on Saturday, 11th November 2023.
Given his serious state of inebriation the officers decided it would be the prudent thing to bundle him the back of the car and take him safely home. However, on arriving at the defendant's home address his behaviour took an unexpected turn for the worse.
Pamela Fee, prosecuting, told the court that Slatter-Toubas launched himself out of the car and into one of the officers. He then punched the officer to the face, which resulted in a split lip.
The volatile 30-year-old was quickly restrained on the ground. He attempted to bite the hand of the second officer present, who decided to use PAVA to subdue him.
Throughout the incident, Slatter-Toubas was shouting and swearing at the officers, calling them abusive names.
Slatter-Toubas was later interviewed. With the benefit of hindsight and soberness he said he was "ashamed" and "embarrassed" by his conduct, which he had no recollection of.
Mike Woolaghan, mitigating, said: "During interview with police, he was critical of his own behaviour. He expressed a genuine desire to apologise to the officers. He recognises it's not something police want to be subjected to.
"It's a couple of punches levelled to the officer and he is very quickly brought under control by officers.
"He is highly intoxicated. The officers are acting to safeguard the defendant when he is vulnerable and to be subjected to an assault is disappointing."
Having consider the circumstances, Magistrates' were of the view that Slatter-Toubas' offences were serious enough to merit a community order.
Heather Jackson-Stutthard, Presiding Justice, said: "These are two nasty assaults on emergency workers who were trying to do you a favour. This is the problem with excess alcohol."
Slatter-Toubas was sentenced to a 12-month community order, with an 80-day alcohol abstinance monitoring requirement.
He was also ordered to pay £150 in compensation, £114 surcharge and £85 towards prosecution costs.
The demon drink strikes again.
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