A drunk who was arrested after ranting about tragic Nicola Bulley in a Newcastle park also damaged a police car.
Alexander Burns, who has a previous conviction for criminal damage after scrawling his own name on Metro station walls, was detained for being drunk and disorderly in Brandling Park, in Jesmond, after rambling about the mum while she was still missing in St Michael's on Wyre, in Lancashire, last month. However, the 38-year-old quickly turned even more disruptive as he was being placed in a police vehicle, a court heard.
Burns lashed out and struck one of the car's windows, causing it to come away from its pane, magistrates were told. He was then further arrested for criminal damage and appeared in the dock this week to plead guilty to both offences.
