A man assaulted four police officers after they "got between him and his drugs", a court has heard.
The constables had gone to the assistance of Ricky Schultz after seeing him in an intoxicated state on a Llanelli street but he responded by spitting at, biting, kicking, and hitting them, including striking one in the face with his own torch. Sending the 33-year-old to prison, a judge said the town was "rife" with drugs, and one only had to take a walk along Station Road to see the effects of drugs on people.
Georgina Buckley, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that the series of assaults started shortly after midnight on April 27 this year on New Street in the Morfa area of Llanelli. She said two officers on patrol saw the defendant in what appeared to be an intoxicated state, and went to check if he was okay.
