A remand prisoner due to be sentenced for assaulting police declined to attend court. But a judge pressed on in his absence.
Joshua Malone was brought to Bristol Crown Court after admitting a plethora of offences. The court heard he was so anxious he refused to face the judge to learn his fate.
Malone, 29, of Bath Road in Totterdown, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to resist arrest and assaulting an emergency worker. He also admitted attempted theft of a high-value bike and battery of a shop worker.
