Lurgan who man smashed a bottle of Buckfast on a pool table in Portadown was found ‘topless with blood around his face’ by PSNI, Craigavon court hears
A 26-year-old man smashed a bottle of Buckfast on a pool table in Portadown, Craigavon court hears.
Rory Wells, aged 26, from Lurgan Road, Aghalee appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with resisting police and common assault on May 20 last year.
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Police were called by staff at Regal Pool Hall Portadown at 3.30am on May 20 last year as an “aggressive male” was in the hall.
Please arrived a short time later and found the defendant sitting on the street “topless with blood around his face”.
He became “verbally abusive” to police and handcuffs were applied and he was placed in the back of a police car.
Police spoke to the reporting person who said Wells had been asked to leave the premises as he was extremely intoxicated.
"He became aggressive towards staff smashing a bottle of Buckfast, causing damage to a pool table,” a Prosecutor revealed.
"Whilst being escorted towards the door the defendant was seen pushing staff and punching a hole in the wall before being removed by staff,” she said.
"Once the defendant was outside the premises staff had locked the doors to prevent him re-entering the property. He pulled aggressively at the door and a magnetic lock was broken and he re-entered,” she said.
After he was arrested he became “aggressive” in the cell van, “shouting and screaming” and was further arrested for resisting police.
Wells’ barrister Mr Conor Lunny said his client had been making “good strides” with the Probation Service and suggested a sentence which would “leave something hanging over this man’s head” might be appropriate.
District Judge Suzanne Rice said she had read the Pre-Sentence Report and noted Wells had a “significant” change of circumstances and his family situation seems to have “settled down” and “certainly the addictions which were prevalent”.
"It is hoped he is starting to turn a corner,” she said, adding she noted he is currently under a Probation Order for 18 months starting October last year.
"I appreciate that matter came after the offences before the court today,” she said.
She said she would defer sentencing “to see how the Probation Order progresses” and adjourned the case to May 13.