A drunk was taken to the floor by a street warden who feared he was about to be attacked, a court heard.
Lincoln magistrates were told that wardens were on patrol in the city’s Park Street in the early hours when they received a call from CCTV operators that the 20 year-old was making a nuisance of himself outside a nightclub.
“They asked him to move away. He started threatening door staff and was confrontational,” Jim Clare, prosecuting, said.
“A warden feared he was about to be hit, as the defendant put his hand to his chest to move him out of the way, and so the warden took him to the floor. The defendant was swearing and making threats.”
The man from Horncastle admitted using threatening or abusive behaviour likely to cause alarm, harassment or distress, on July12.
Gordon Holt, representing, said the defendant got into an argument with door staff although he can’t remember what about.
“He was seen shouting and gesturing. He came to his senses after he was arrested,“ Mr Holt said.
Magistrates imposed a conditional discharge for a year.