A 30-year-old man still to be sentenced for a series of offences he committed last year has appeared in custody before Bath magistrates.
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Jacob Shaw, whose previous address was in Luddenden Foot in West Yorkshire, has been living in a tent in a Bath park, the court heard on Wednesday, 23rd July.
Shaw had missed a previous court hearing relating to offences he pleaded guilty to last July, and the requested Probation Service reports had not been done.
Shaw had admitted obstructing a police constable in the execution of their duty on 6th May at Sowerby Bridge; to driving a Ford Transit van on 13th May on the A487 in Cardigan while over the alcohol limit; and assaulting a police constable on the same date at Haverfordwest.
He had also pleaded guilty to driving on 30th May on a M6 slip road at Stoke-on-Trent without insurance and while over the drink-drive limit; and failing to surrender to bail last August at North Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court.
Bath magistrates granted Shaw conditional bail. He must report daily to the police station in Bath and engage with the Probation Service. He is due to be sentenced on 27th August.
