A drunken dad kicked-in the door of his family home before gouging a policeman's eye and headbutting another when they came to arrest him.
Shaun Watkins, who has a history of alcohol abuse, kicked-in the door of the home he was living at after his then-partner had locked him out. But when the police came to arrest him, the 32-year-old violently attacked them and gouged the eye of one officer before headbutting another.
Watkins, of Third Street, Horden, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Friday, via link from HMP Durham, to be sentenced for damaging property, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and assaulting an emergency worker. He pleaded guilty to the charges at the hearing.
