A Peterhead man had a “Mexican stand-off” with the police after they arrested them, a court has heard.
Paul Chalmers admitted refusing to get out the police car after officers arrived at Fraserburgh station on October 30 last year – forcing them to physically remove him.
The officers had arrested him after receiving a complaint he was acting in an abusive manner on Peterhead’s Willowbank Road.
The 39-year-old was due to go on trial at Peterhead Sheriff Court yesterday accused of impeding police officers in their duty, but pleaded guilty at the last minute.
His plea of not guilty to acting aggressively on Willowbank Road was accepted by the Crown.
The court heard that Chalmers, of 94 Clerkhill Road, had been acting aggressively towards the arresting officers and “continually struggled” when eventually brought inside.
But defence agent Sam Milligan said that his client had been amicable with constables until they had to use force on him.
He added that Chalmers had also been concerned about the whereabouts of his jacket and belongings.
Mr Milligan said: “He is asked politely to come out of the car then there’s a Mexican stand-off. They have to lay hands on him to take him out of the car and he was not best pleased.”
Sheriff Andrew Miller ordered Chalmers to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work as part of a community payback order.
