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A drugged jerk who headbutted a police officer at the Shankly hotel today left court.
Anthony English, 25, began banging on other guests’ doors after claiming that someone had “stolen” his mobile phone.
When the police found his cocaine and arrested the father of two drunks, he yelled “damn rats” and attacked an officer.
English, of Laburnum Avenue, Huyton, was serving a suspended sentence at the time, for a hammer attack on his ex.
But he was saved from jail again after a judge found out that he was a “good father” and accepted that he had “been an idiot.”
English went to the Victoria Street hotel reception around 10:30 pm on Saturday July 25 and yelled, “Some shit has stolen my phone. I’ll knock on every door in this hotel until I find it.”
Ben Stanley, an accuser, said that English, who kept walking and then returned, ignored the night manager’s requests to calm down.
He called the police, but canceled the request because he seemed to have calmed down, only for English to start running through the hallways, banging on doors and disturbing guests.
She offered to help him find his phone in his room, where English threw items and saw a small bag of white powder on a nightstand.
Agents arrived, spoke English, and escorted him to his room, where they saw the cocaine and arrested him for possession of a controlled drug.
Mr. Stanley said: “Mr. English turned red and tense and bit his teeth and raised his voice, cursing the officers present.”
Police body camera footage showed as he was escorted out of the room in handcuffs, English yelled, “Damn rats, you know. Damn rats. My damn phone. Got pictures of my kids on it and all, boy.
He then lunged forward and headbutted PC Jack Harrison in the temple, causing him to swell, before he was dragged to the ground and moaned, “I’m not doing anything.”
English, who also had a small block of cannabis resin, told police that he was staying in the room with a friend named Sinead.
He said he was “rotten” drunk – rating himself an eight out of 10 on a binge scale – and admitted to using cocaine.
English said he was upset that his phone was lost, but did not recall knocking on the doors and denied that the cocaine was his.
He said that two or three officers were “twisting” him and he denied the head butt or that there was any contact or injuries caused.
Mr. Stanley told officers, “I’m not stupid enough to upset a bizzy.”
English, who has two prior convictions for three crimes, was convicted of assaulting an emergency worker, possessing cocaine and possessing cannabis, in addition to violating his suspended sentence.
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In June 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for 18 months, after admitting that the assault caused actual bodily harm and criminal harm.
His ex-partner Holly Roach was home when he heard a knock on the door, ran upstairs, opened a window and told English to leave, yelling, “He’s going to kill me.”
English walked to her car, pulled out a hammer, and smashed the living room windows and glass door panels, then climbed onto a bay window and tried to pull her out by the arms.
Stanley said: “He then proceeded to hit Miss Roach with the hammer, causing lacerations, bruises, bleeding and swelling on the head.”
She tried to grab the hammer and he bit her hands, leaving bite marks, before they called the police and arrested him.
Peter White, in defense, said today that his client was “embarrassed” by his behavior at the hotel and “sorry.”
He said that “fortunately” the assault was brief and explained that English had met all the requirements of his suspended sentence, including unpaid work, a Building Better Relationships course and rehabilitation.
White said English was “lucky” that he got out of jail for attacking Ms. Roach, the mother of his children, and had an opportunity he “could have missed.”
However, he said his client had a reference from his employers, a scaffolding company, and from Ms. Roach, whom he cannot contact due to a restraining order.
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He said, “He is there for his children, he is a good father, he supports them. He pays a large amount of child allowance to support his family.”
Mr. White urged the judge not to re-imprison him, saying: “It would appear that this was somewhat isolated and drunken behavior in a hotel when, as in the rest of the country, he had spent several months inside watching television”.
He added: “He has been an idiot.”
Registrar Simon Parrington said: “Mr. English, you were very bad the night you were arrested.
“You know you behaved very badly, you attacked one of the officers who was arresting you and in general you caused chaos. That was almost certainly because you had used too much to drink and also drugs.”
However, the judge said he was satisfied that it could be treated as an “isolated incident”.
Fine English £ 400, told to pay £ 150 compensation to PC Harrison, plus £ 425 court costs and a surcharge to the victim.
Registrar Parrington imposed a two-month home curfew, from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am every day, and extended his suspended sentence for six months.
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He said, “Consider yourself lucky, because you might as well have been gone for more than 12 months today.
“You behave like that again, you almost certainly will.”
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