A party held in honour of a dead family member spiralled out of control – over the choice of music.
Intoxicated Dean McDonagh lost his temper at the gathering for his late aunt which resulted in him attacking two of his cousins.
Then when police arrived, the 26-year-old kicked one of the officers in the groin and tipped a bucket of vomit over another.
McDonagh of Huddersfield pleaded guilty to two assaults, two counts of assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty and a charge of criminal damage.
Examiner Live reports that Robert Campbell, prosecuting, told Kirklees magistrates that the brawl kicked off shortly before midnight on May 19.
He said that there was a family house party at in memory of the relative who had passed away.
Mr Campbell told magistrates: “The defendant was not very happy about the choice of music and an argument arose regarding that.
“It was initially between himself and an aunt and the first victim, one of his cousins, intervened.
“The defendant pushed and grabbed her, causing scratches to her throat.
“He pushed her back over a seat and when third person, another cousin of the defendant, intervened he turned on her and punched her to the face.
“This caused bleeding to her nose. The defendant then left the property and used a wooden chair leg to smash the living room window.”
Mr Campbell said that police were called and descended upon the house.
As McDonagh was taken hold of he raised his right knee, kicking one of the officers in the groin and causing him to feel sick and suffer pain.
McDonagh was forced to the floor and suffered some injuries himself, the court was told.
He was sick while in the police van and transported to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary over concerns that it may be something other than the alcohol he had consumed to blame.
From the Lindley hospital he was moved to Dewsbury and District Hospital where he was sick a number of times, magistrates heard.
Mr Campbell said: “He managed to kick over a sick bucket which ended up on an officer.
“One of the officers was in a treatment room with the defendant and he became annoyed and said to him: ‘You’re intimidating me’.
“He stood up and kicked a plastic chair at the officer and was forcibly restrained, probably for the third or fourth time.
“The nurse hastily retreated from the room and in the course of the struggle the defendant made contact with the officer’s chest with his leg.
“He was shouting and screaming and complaining as he was being restrained.”
Mr Campbell added that he “tied up the whole shift” and there were nine or 10 officers with him when he reached hospital.
Magistrates were told that McDonagh already had several convictions for assaults on police.
His solicitor Ian Whiteley said: “This was a celebration. A lot was drunk by members of the family and an argument ensued between Mr McDonagh and another member of the family about the music.
“There came to be a general tussle and he accepts he punched one of the complainants, pushed the other and was then forcibly removed from the house.
“His girlfriend was still inside, they wouldn’t let him back in and he accepts he smashed the window.
“Police then came mob-handed to arrest him, his head was pushed onto metal railings and he was bleeding badly.
“He was taken to Huddersfield, then put back into the van and taken to Dewsbury Hospital where he was sedated by medical staff.
“Then he ended up at Pinderfields Hospital and eventually at Dewsury Police Station where he was subsequently charged with the offences.
“He clearly has some anger management issues.”
Magistrates sentenced McDonagh to a community order as a direct alternative to custody.
This includes up to 10 rehabilitation activity days, a 28 day Results programme aimed at offenders and 100 hours of unpaid work.
Chairman of the bench Wayne Perriman told him: “It’s a celebration that went disastrously wrong and the focal point of what went wrong was you.
“You’ve admitted that you were heavily in drink and if you can’t handle it, don’t do it.
“The fracas continued in the hospital where there were sick people and public servants were working. We don’t tolerate that.
“We’ve seriously been thinking about sending you to prison. If you do breach any part of the order, bring your toothbrush because you’ll be going to prison.”
McDonagh will also have to pay £75 to both of the cousins he assaulted, £75 to the PC he kicked in the groin and £50 to “the officer who had the pleasure of your company at the hospital’.”
He was ordered to pay £200 prosecution costs as he admitted the majority of the offences on the day of his trial.
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