Staff cowered behind the bar in fear as a cocaine-fuelled customer launched pool balls across a crowded pub and shouted "I'll slice yous all up".
Stephen Townsend asked "do you know who I am?" when he was challenged over his thuggish behaviour before kicking a police officer in the face. He appeared to be in tears as he was locked up on the eve of his 31st birthday over the incident.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Thursday that workers at the Blundell Arms in Widnes were informed the defendant had punched another drinker shortly after 11.15pm on February 12 last year. Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, described how Townsend was confronted and asked to apologise, but responded by saying: "I'll do it in my own f***ing time.
