Winsford man jailed for attacking police officer in town

Daniel David Cross, of Wharton Gardens, assaulted the officer on August 30, 2021, in what was described by magistrates as a deliberate attack.

The 26-year-old was appearing at Chester Magistrates Court on Wednesday, June 15, where he pleaded guilty to the offences and also breaching the terms of a suspended sentence order.

Cross had been given a 12-week prison sentence on April 12 last year after he destroyed a Covid-19 PPE protection screen and a ceiling tile at the Co-op in Wharton Road.

Daniel David Cross was jailed at Chester Magistrates Court

During that incident, which took place on September 20, 2020, Cross also threatened two people with abusive and threatening language causing them to be alarmed and distressed.

At the time, magistrates decided to suspend that sentence for a period of 18-months, but just four months into that term, he was attacking a police officer as he carried out his duties.

In sentencing Cross for the offences, magistrates decided to activate nine weeks of that suspended sentence, which will be served consecutively to a 21-week term given to him for assaulting the officer.

The bench told Cross it had been a deliberate attack on a public servant carrying out his duties and that only a custodial sentence was appropriate due to it happening just weeks after completing a programme designed to help him and keep him off alcohol.

He will serve a total of 30 weeks behind bars and must pay £200 in compensation to the police officer.