A drunk man who kicked off at a police station while waiting to find out if he would be charged has been slapped with a fine.
Jonathan Trollope squared up to staff, became abusive and used violence at Medway Police Station in Gillingham when he went there to learn his fate for a separate offence.
However, after arriving in the reception area of the Gillingham station on November 7, the 48-year-old started getting agitated and abusive towards officers and used violent language towards them.
He not only verbally abused staff, but he also squared up to officers, threatening to fight them.
Trollope of Glanville Road, Strood, was later charged with behaving in a violent manner at a police station. He admitted the offence when he appeared in the dock at Medway Magistrates’ Court on January 2.
Victoria McGrady, prosecuting, told District Judge Stephen Leake that Trollope had attended the police station in Purser Way to answer his bail.
She added: “He became agitated and verbally aggressive and acted in a threatening manner to officers and pushed another, and had to be restrained.”
The court heard that Trollope has previous convictions.
Simon Pettican, defending, told the court his client had waited six months to find out if he was being charged over an alleged offence and had drunk alcohol before going to the police station.
He added that if he had just kept his cool that day and waited, he would have found out that he was not going to be charged over the alleged incident.
He added: “He could have walked out happy.”
Judge Leake said the staff and officers at the police station were just doing their job and that his intoxicated state had seen him act aggressively, and that his behaviour was a nuisance for people who were just doing their duties.
However, he did give Trollope credit for his early guilty plea and fined him £120 for the offence.
He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to the officer he pushed and was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £48 as well as £85 costs.
Trollope will pay what he owes at a rate of £20 a month, but it was never stated in court what the incident or alleged offence was that led him to be originally arrested and bailed.
