Lurgan man, who threatened a PSNI officer saying he 'knew where he lived', is jailed at Craigavon court
A Co Armagh man who threatened to assault a PSNI officer saying he ‘knew where he lived’ has been jailed.
The 37-year-old appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court via video link from Maghaberry Prison.
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Christopher Wright, from Lurgan Tarry, Lurgan faced a single charge of assaulting police.
The court heard the officer was escorting Wright to Lurgan custody on September 17 this year and the defendant ‘continually threatened’ the officer and his colleague with violence.
"He said he was going to attack them and cause them significant harm,” said the prosecutor.
He stated he knew where the officer’s colleague lived and ‘once the handcuffs were off he would assault them both’.
"He continually tried to get out of the car and motioned in the air like he was going to head butt the officers,” said the prosecutor.
"He was continually aggressive and threatening and spat in the rear of the police vehicle which had to be booked in for a clean,” she said.
The prosecutor said that while there was no physical assault, Wright “had put the officers in fear of assault”.
Wright’s barrister, Mr John Paul McCann, said his client pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.
"He is on remand on other matters,” Mr McCann explained, adding that Wright may have two-and-a-half weeks remand time accrued in this matter.
In relation to the assault, he said it was “technical with no violence”.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan said it was still an assault and it was prolonged. He also pointed to two previous convictions for assault on police.
He sentenced Wright to two months in jail plus £25 offender levy.