Drink driver attacked pursuing police officer who cornered him in an alleyway
Curtis O'Brien A DRINK driver attacked the police officer who tried to arrest him following a car chase, a court heard. Curtis O’Brien, 31, ripped off his top and approached the officer, who had cornered him down an alleyway, before repeatedly throwing punches at him during a lengthy struggle. At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Wayne Jackson, prosecuting, said on December 4 last year, at around 7.30pm, O’Brien was spotted by PC Matthew Sale driving a VW Golf on Ringley Road in Radcliffe. The Golf overtook another vehicle forcing PC Sale to swerve and he decided to follow O...