Bilston man who became disorderly in pub then threatened police is sentenced
A man who threatened to kill a police officer's family during a drunken rage outside a Sedgley pub has been given a suspended sentence.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Kieron Gelder became "aggressive" and "lashed out" at police when he was asked to go home.
The incident occurred at the Red Lion pub in Sedgley on April 26 last year.
Police arrived when he wouldn't leave and he became aggressive, swearing at them, threatening one of them and trying to headbutt another as they hauled him into a van.
Gelder appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on June 30 for sentence after admitting assault by beating of an emergency worker on February 2 this year.
The 22-year-old, of Beddow Avenue, Bilsto,n was given a nine-week prison sentence suspended for six months and an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement of 120 days.
He was also ordered to undertake 20 days of rehabilitation activity and 150 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months.
