Abusive man threatened police with broken bottle

Cory Evans, 23, of West End admitted common assault on the two officers when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court and also admitted being in breach of a suspended prison sentence imposed in 2018.

Prosecuting, Robert Carr said that the two officers went to Evans' home at 8.30pm on July 30 following a call from him requesting a visit from the police to sort out a dispute between him and his partner.

He said that when they arrived and opened the front door, they saw Evans standing at the end of the hall holding an empty beer bottle and they told him they would not come in unless he put it down.

Mr Carr said Evans' partner told them he had been drinking all day and she was concerned about his behaviour and she wanted to go to her mother's with her children but he was refusing to let her go.

He said that Evans barged into the back of one of the officers and when told not to do this, Evans said it was his house and he could do what he wanted.

He said Evans started drinking from another bottle and them smashed it against a fireplace and threatened the two officers with the broken bottle neck.

He said Evans' behaviour was 'very aggressive and erratic' and one of the officers pointed his Taser at him and told him to get down on the floor, but Evans refused and advanced towards them.

Mr Carr said Evans threw down the bottle but picked up a pram and advanced towards the officer and then picked up a vacuum cleaner from inside a cupboard.

He said the officer then fired the Taser at Evans and he was arrested and placed in a police van, still abusing and threatening the officers.

Mr Carr said that in his interview, Evans said he never intended to hurt the officers but he just wanted them to leave his house and added that neither of the officers was injured.

Mitigating, Michael Alexander said Evans did not accept all the officers' evidence but he did have a range of mental health issues, including PTSD and ADHD.

He said Evans had rung the police that day as he thought he was going to lose his children and that the police were going to assist his partner and take the children away.

The magistrates said they wanted a full report from the Probation Service and adjourned for sentence on March 30.

Evans was given unconditional bail.