Stewartstown teenager threw pizza at PSNI officers, jumped on bonnet of police vehicle and bared his buttocks
A Co Tyrone teenager who jumped on the bonnet of a police vehicle in Cookstown town centre, has been ordered to carry out 120 hours of Community Service when he appeared at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
The court heard 19-year-old James Robinson from Ardstewart, Stewartstown, also exposed his buttocks as he ran in the middle of the road before falling on the footpath.
Robinson admitted charges of indecent behaviour, disorderly behaviour, attempted criminal damage of a police vehicle, resisting police, and assault on police.
Prosecuting counsel said at approximately 2am on November 1 last year, police were on Halloween night time duties at James Street.
The lawyer said they were dealing with a separate matter when the defendant began shouting and swearing at them.
Robinson was shouting “Come on you c***s” and “f**k you black “b*****ds”, and was told by the police to calm down.
Counsel said he continued shouting and threw pieces of hot pizza at police on a number of occasions and ran off, jumping on the bonnet of a police vehicle and later falling on the footpath.
As he was being detained he was kicking out at police, and one officer was struck on the face.
He was placed in the police vehicle and kicked the doors, counsel added.
A defence lawyer explained while the defendant was kicking at the doors, the officer opened one, and was struck but it was not a deliberate assault.
He added that he was “acting like an idiot and was embarrassed and ashamed of his behaviour”.
Counsel added that the defendant knows he cannot drink and hasn’t done so since last Halloween.