A drunk yob jumped on cops and spat at them in a bid to stop them arresting his machete-wielding brother.
Connor Lees, 25, was 'bouncing around' when police arrived at an home in Oldham to arrest his brother Darren Lees, 30, (pictured above) who was armed with a 20-inch machete.
Both men have been jailed.
Prosecutor Claire Brocklebank told Minshull Street Crown Court police went to a house on Bankfield Drive following reports of a disturbance at 3.30pm on September 23 last year.
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Officers wanted to speak to Connor Lees and his brother Darren.
Once outside the property, cops were met by the occupant of the house and Connor, who was described by officers as 'very obstructive'.
Officers said Connor was 'bouncing around and jumping up and down' and refusing to allow police inside the property.
He repeatedly told officers: "You can't take me because of my mental health - you have to speak to my mental health worker."
Once police were inside, Connor demanded officers leave and punched himself in the head.
Officers eventually located Darren Lees in an upstairs bedroom armed with a 20-inch machete. He ran downstairs and a police officer was injured as they attempted to arrest him.
Ms Brocklebank told the court officers managed to disarm Darren despite, brother Connor trying to prevent cops from detaining him.
Connor kicked out at officers, jumped onto their back and even spat at them.
He was described as 'thrashing about'. The officer on whom Lees spat at described it as 'disgusting'.
Connor was arrested and made no comment in the subsequent police interview.
He has one previous conviction for assault; and one for failing to surrender.
His barrister James Preece urged the sentencing judge to free his client as he had already served the equivalent of a six-month sentence on remand.
Judge John Potter told the defendant he was entitled to a 25 per cent off his sentence as he had pleaded guilty.
He noted that Connor Lees had been due to be sentenced in April alongside his brother, but had failed to attend court that day.
The judge said Connor Lees had been 'immediately obstructive' when police arrived at the property to arrest his brother.
"You appeared to be agitated, intoxicated and you told police to get out of your house," said Judge Potter.
He added: "You jumped onto the back of police officers trying to prevent him from arresting your brother and had to be restrained. Your reaction was to spit on them."
Judge Potter described the clash as a 'violent struggle'.
"This was on any view an unpleasant, confrontational and quite frankly violent behaviour towards police officers simply acting in the execution of their duties trying to find out what had happened during this disturbance. You were violent and obstructive and spat at police officers," said Judge Potter.
Connor Lees, of Drymoss, Oldham, was jailed for six months after he admitted one charge of affray and failing to attend an earlier hearing.
Appearing via videolink from HMP Leeds, he thanked the judge after he was sentenced.
The sentence means he will released immediately because of the time he has already spent on remand.
In April, his brother Darren was jailed for 31 months after he pleaded guilty to affray; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and two offences of racially aggravated harassment.
Officers went upstairs to find Darren Lees hiding under the bed, before jumping out and brandishing the blade, his sentencing hearing was told.
A struggle followed, with a number of officers attempting to restrain Darren Lees whilst he repeatedly spat at them - one officer was cut with the blade during the melee.
He also directed racist abuse at them, calling one officer a ‘P*** b******’, another a ‘P*** c***, and called several female officers a ‘s***’.
At one stage Darren Lees could be heard shouting to his brother: “Soldier, soldier, take them out.”
Darren Lees, of no fixed address, also threatened to kill the officer’s families, it was said. He was said to have 27 previous convictions for offences including affray and robbery.
In statements read to the court, one officer said they ‘honestly thought they were going to die’ while another said they felt ‘dirty’ after being spat on and another said they had to convince their family it was safe for them to go to work.
