Jones told officers that he had "diplomatic immunity" meaning he couldn't be arrested. "As the officers tried to hold Jones' legs during the struggle, he kicked PC Andrew Fletcher in the left cheek before claiming he was from the Vatican embassy in a cunning attempt to avoid arrest." "Mr Jones is still attacking the paramedic, he punches him in the chest then tried to bite his arms and is spitting on him," prosecutor Edward Aydin told the court.
When Pollock mounted the threatening priest for fear of his safety, he was joined by two nearby police officers who crossed the street to see what was going on.īut undeterred, Jones became more violent. Jones, who was wearing his full clerical clothing, told Pollock he was going to "fuck up" when the paramedic tried to shake him awake, Highbury magistrates' court heard on Friday. Gareth Jones, 36, a parish priest at St Mary's Church Ilford, was said to have consumed 53 units of alcohol – almost four times a man's weekly recommended alcohol intake and including three bottles of wine, several beers, gins, and vodkas – when paramedic Ian Pollock discovered him collapsed on Charing Cross Road in central London.
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