A man got drunk at a birthday party then carried his four-year-old nephew into the path of a police van and racially abused an officer. Daniel Jones from Cardiff downed seven pints of beer and an array of shots before launching into unprovoked abuse.
Declan McSorley, mitigating, said Jones drank more at his sister's 30th birthday party in Llanishen rugby club on October 7 last year than on any occasion in the previous five years. "The party was characterised by a constant flow of cheap shots in every meaning of word," the solicitor told Cardiff Magistrates' Court. "Sambuca and what I can only described as coloured drinks were being freely drunk, and he engaged in that."
Police had attended Ty-Glas Avenue following reports of youths smoking cannabis in the venue's car park. After dealing with the issue, the officers tried to leave — but Jones, 28, stepped in front of their van while holding his nephew. PC Zakari Hussain said: "He recklessly walked in front of the police van and I believe he knew I was trying to leave. A female was shouting and arguing with him."
