A former mechanic who 'lost everything' during the pandemic went on a booze-fuelled crime spree that saw him argue with a LAMPPOST, smash up a casino and brandish a knife in front of passengers on a bus.
David Potter, 42, narrowly avoided an immediate prison sentence after a heartfelt mea culpa to magistrates who agreed to 'give him a chance' and pleaded with him to 'not let us down.'
Potter's 'catalogue' of offending began in January this year when police were called due to him 'becoming aggressive' on a bus on Hempshaw Lane, and refusing to get off.
