Ballymena man pushed police officer who fell back and hit head off the ground

The 41-year-old defendant 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disorderly at, according to a charge sheet, the Galgorm Road area of Ballymena, on March 8 but those charges have been withdrawn by the Public Prosecution Service.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 Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena, 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", the court heard.

The case was adjourned to September 1 for a pre-sentence report.