Drunken offender forced to wear booze tag to monitor his alcohol intake

A 47-year-old Long Eaton man who threatened his mother and racially-abused two police officers has been forced to wear a booze tag for six months to monitor his alcohol intake. The punishment was handed to Terrence Brown in a bid to address his drunken offending which saw him called one officer a number of offensive slurs.

The defendant then went on to make drunken threats towards his mother and smash a window at her home. Mark Knowles, prosecuting, said the first offence happened in May of this year at the home of the defendant’s partner. He said both parties had been drinking and he was “kicking off” and the police were called.

The prosecutor said: “While being taken into custody he was racially-abusive to one of the officers, was shouting and swearing and it was clear he was fairly drunk. He was put in a cell and was then racially abusive to the other officer calling him homophobic names.

“While he was on bail for that offence, police were called to his mother’s address on August 3 despite there being a restraining order for him not to go there. He had made various threats towards her, she had only just come out of hospital.

“He then came to the address and smashed a window and was arrested.”

Brown, of Acton Road, Long Eaton, pleaded guilty to racially and religiously-aggravated harassment and breaching a restraining order. He has a number of previous offences for violence and breaching court orders, the prosecutor said.

One of them was an assault involving his mother which saw him handed the restraining order in March, 2023. Nick Walsh, mitigating, said his client’s mother was in the courtroom in support of her son, despite what he has put her through.

He said: “She clearly cares a great deal about her son and worries about him. That is what comes through from her witness statement.”

Recorder Jaron Crooknorth handed the defendant a 35-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months and ordered him to carry out 30 rehabilitation sessions with the probation service. The restraining order remains in place until 2026 and the judge also ordered the defendant to wear an alcohol abstinence monitoring tag for six months.