Ballymena man pushed police officer who fell back and hit head off the ground
A Ballymena man has admitted assault after pushing a police officer who fell back and hit his head on the ground.
The 41-year-old was in possession of Methylmethcathinone on the same day - March 8 this year.
Martin Alan Kerr, of Carnduff Drive, Ballymena, had also been accused of possessing a screwdriver as an offensive weapon and being disorderly at, according to a charge sheet, the Galgorm Road area of Ballymena, on March 8 but those charges have been withdrawn by the Public Prosecution Service.
A prosecutor told the court that the defendant resisted police who were trying to restrain him.
He pushed a policeman, "causing him to fall onto his back and the back of the constable's head hit the ground which caused pain".
At Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday (August 11), the case was adjourned to September 1, for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.