Drunk thug swung at patrons outside Otley pub and headbutted police officer
A drunken thug who punched two men without provocation outside a pub the headbutted an off-duty police officer who tried to quell the trouble.
Jamie Peters turned violent outside The Rookery bar in Otley, Leeds Crown Court heard.
The 33-year-old admitted two counts of assault, one of assault on an emergency worker and threatening behaviour.
He also admitted cocervice control over his father and criminal damage from a separate incident.
The court heard that Peters had been outside the bar on Kirkgate on July 19 last year causing trouble.
He told one passing man: “Do you want some?” He then punched him to the face.
Another male tried to calm him down and he was punched, with his glasses being knocked off.
The off-duty detective chief inspector stepped in to restrain Peters until the police arrived. Peters beatbutted the man when he was put in the police car.
Peters then made homophobic slurs to another officer.
Prosecutor Lydia Carroll also outlined long-running issues with his father. Last year his father allowed him to move into his Otley flat providing he behaved.
But Peters’ behaviour deteriorated again because of his drink and cocaine consumption, and he would regularly threaten violence against his father.
It became so bad, his dad had to move out of his own flat and was living in a tent for several months.
When the police finally got him back into his flat, it was a scene of “complete devastation”, having trashed the premises, Ms Carroll said.
Peters, of no fixed address, appeared in court from HMP Leeds where he was being held on remand.
A probation report suggested Peters accepted his behaviour towards his father and was fuelled by drink and drugs.
Little mitigation was offered by his barrister after Judge Richard Mansell KC said he would pass a sentence that would mean his release, having been held on remand for around seven months.
He gave him a 13-month sentence, meaning he would be released automatically on licence, having passed the half-way stage in which prisoners are usually freed.
He was also given a three-year restraining order to keep him away from his father.