Western Gazette series
YEOVIL, U.K. — When an ambulance crew was called to a Yeovil address after concerns about the wellbeing of the occupant they found Robert Matthew Warner lying on his bed unresponsive.
After one of the paramedics started pinching his fingers to try and rouse him Warner woke suddenly and shouted: “get out of my ****ing house”.
The trouble spilled out onto the street after the paramedics withdrew from the situation and called for assistance, and then the drunken defendant pushed one of the crew, causing him to fall back into the ambulance.
Warner, 24, of Kingston, pleaded guilty to assaulting Paul Clarke by beating on June 12 when he appeared before South Somerset Magistrates.
He was sentenced to a six-month community order requiring him to be inside his home address between 7pm and 7am daily while electronically tagged. He was also ordered to pay the paramedic £25 compensation but no costs were imposed.
Prosecutor Emma Chetland said that some of Warner’s friends called the ambulance after realising he had been drinking while also taking medication.
When the disturbance went outside the paramedics pressed their emergency button and Warner pushed the victim into the vehicle.
“When police arrived and went into Warner’s room he became aggressive and had to be restrained and taken to the floor,” she said.
“When he was interviewed he accepted his actions and admitted pushing Mr Clarke causing him to lose his balance.”
Sam Morton, defending, said Warner saw being electronically tagged as a way of helping him control his drinking.
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