Violent drunk caught on camera spitting at police officers called to fight in Leeds street
![Craig Allen was caught on camera spitting at police officers during disturbance in Burley.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_110673385.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Craig Allen was caught on camera spitting at police officers during disturbance in Burley.](/img/placeholder.png)
Craig Allen assaulted the officers in Woodside Avenue, Burley, on July 6 this year.
Police had been called to reports of a fight and found the 30-year-old being pinned to the floor by other men.
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Hide AdAndrew Horton, prosecuting, said Allen became abusive towards the officers and was arrested.
![Craig Allen was caught on camera spitting at police officers during disturbance in Burley.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_110673385.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Craig Allen was caught on camera spitting at police officers during disturbance in Burley.](/img/placeholder.png)
As he was being put into the back of a police van, he refused to bend his legs.
He then kicked out at a male officer, striking him in the arm and head.
Allen told a female officer: "I'll have you."
He then spat at both of the officers, hitting the male officer in the eye and the female officer in the face.
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Hide AdIn a victim personal statement, the male officer said that he and his partner had to stop trying for a baby while he was tested for infections.
A week after the incident Allen attacked the new partner of the mother of his baby outside her flat.
He then breached a restraining order by telling her he wanted his dog back and she would never see her daughter again.
In a separate incident he sent abusive text messages to the woman.
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Hide AdIn a further incident, he urinated in the back of a police van.
He has 24 previous convictions for 37 offences including domestic violence and assaulting police officers.
A probation officer told the court that Allen had a problem with binge drinking.
Jane Cooper, mitigating, said Allen had admitted the offences at an early stage.
Allen was jailed for a year and nine months.