A partying householder ended up in court for assault after he kicked out at a police officer.
Officers responded to a call-out at 3.45am on June 23 to Paxton Gardens, St Ann's, where a party had carried on.
Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard when officers arrived, 34-year-old Darren Payne, who lived there, was drunk and unsteady on his feet and he had injured one of his toes. He was told to leave.
Payne pulled on his tracksuit bottoms and socks and attempted to push past one of the officers and was arrested.
He was escorted out into the front garden where he tensed his arms and was told to stop resisting.
The officer could not gain control of him and he was taken to the ground.
They managed to get control of his arms.
As he was rolled over, he started to kick out and one kick struck the officer on his upper thigh.
Robert Carr, prosecuting, said he was arrested for assault and placed in leg restraints to stop him kicking to anyone else.
The officer did not complain of any injury as a result of the kick.
Mitigating, Rebecca Meadows said he pleaded guilty on a basis this was a reckless assault and he accepts he should have cooperated with police.
She added that Payne, a labourer, was barefoot and it was not done with any degree of force.
"There was a party at the address he shares with his partner," she said.
A few people carried on after others left and Payne's partner went to bed. She asked them to tone it down, they did not and she called police - and asked them to take him away from the address.
Magistrates fined Payne £80, imposed court costs of £85 and a £34 victim surcharge.
