In court after'arresting' policeman

The defendant alleged that the policeman was driving under the influence of alcohol and so made a citizen’s arrest, but he was fined and given a three months jail sentence, suspended for three years, for his troubles.

He pleaded not guilty to two charges of disorderly behaviour, assault of a police constable and malicious damage of a wristwatch and was bound over to keep the peace for two years.

Apparently the defendant stopped the policeman and accused him of being under the influence. A scuffle then developed.

The defendant told the court there was “one great conspiracy against him” but the prosecuting lawyer suggested that “everything was lies.” He went on to say that the defendant had “a bee in his bonnet about the police.”

However the defending solicitor argued there was “something questionable” about the way in which the police constable concerned had conducted himself.

“My client believed that he was enforcing the law and preventing drunken driving and all that is associated with that,” he said.

“He removed the keys from the car and said something to the effect that he was making a citizen’s arrest, but there seems to have been a violent reaction judging by the injuries my client received.”