Bath magistrates order drunken offender to wear an alcohol tag

A man who committed three offences during a drunken night out in Bath has been ordered to wear an alcohol tag for 60 days.

Bath Magistrates’ Court

Bath magistrates heard that 31-year-old Zane Wheeler had “mixed and matched” his drinks during the night out with work colleagues.

He had been to Labyrinth nightclub where, due to his behaviour, he was restrained by door staff and taken to the ground.

Wheeler threatened: “You will die for this.”

In court on Monday 29th June, Wheeler admitted that on 7th May he used threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and a separate charge that he caused an individual to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him.

Wheeler also pleaded guilty to wilfully obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty. He had threatened to headbutt him.

Duty solicitor Jennifer Stetson said Wheeler, of previous good character, was “absolutely ashamed” of his behaviour, adding that alcohol had played the major part.

Magistrates took the Probation Service’s advice and imposed a community order under which Wheeler, from Broom in Rotherham, must comply with an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement for the set period.

He was also ordered to pay a £114 court surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.