A drunken lout facing jail after a 34 year career of drink-related thuggery in his hometown has been allowed back onto the streets.
As Andrew Cotterill, 55 walked free for assaulting two policemen and subjected them to vile abuse during an alcohol-fuelled tirade, a JP told him: ''Your pain is clear, you don’t want to be here.''
Cotterill has 25 offences on his record dating back to 1989 and in 2021 was issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order for bombarding police with hoax 999 calls in his hometown in Cheshire. He had a further conviction for battery in 2022.
