A MAN punched and bit his friend, broke a coffee table and a window, before kicking a police officer and urinating in his cell in custody.

He admitted he was so drunk he did not remember it happening.

Jake Rushton, of Churchill Close in Sturminster Marshall, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates' Court on Thursday, August 22.

He was charged with two counts of criminal damage, two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker and one further count of assault by beating.

Elizabeth Valera, prosecuting, said: “On August 2, he turned up unannounced at the flat of his long-time friend Tyler Kenny.

“He is already drunk and is very loud and the victim tried to get him out of the property.

“They went back to the property and the victim’s partner said the defendant should not be there because of his behaviour.

“Rushton then picks up the coffee table, slams it and breaks it.

“He then punches the victim and bites him in the face.

“The victim and his partner left the property and locked the door.

“Rushton then broke the front window.

“Police then arrived and Rushton was arrested and taken to the police station.

“PC Saunders was trying to get the defendant into a cell.

“Rushton swung his right leg forward and kicked it back into PC Saunders, hitting him in both legs.

“He did eventually calm down and he was given some water.

“Rushton then started again and spat at the officer.

“He was put in a cell by a number of officers, he then urinated on the floor and through the door, causing the cell to be out of action.”

Lee Christmas, mitigating, said: “This happened because of alcohol.

“He accepts he has an issue with drink and he has not drunk alcohol since the incident.

“He has no recollection of the incident and has pleaded guilty on the basis of what he has heard has happened.”

The case was adjourned until a hearing at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on November 7 for pre-sentence reports to be prepared.

He was released on conditional bail, with conditions not to contact the victim and his partner and not to visit their home address.