Drunk drug dealer hit security guard outside Rock City

HE THEN BIT POLICE OFFICER WHO TRIED TO RESTRAIN HIM

- By MARTIN NAYLOR

A DRUNK convicted drug dealer attacked a security guard outside Rock City.

Nottingham Crown Court heard how James Handley was just three months into a two-year suspended sentence when he punched his victim after being refused entry to the Talbot Street music venue.

Then, when the police arrived and tried to arrest the 23-year-old, he bit one of the officers on the arm.

A search at the police station found him to be carrying cocaine.

Three months earlier he had been given a chance to avoid jail when he ran from officers in West Bridgford, was caught and messages on his phone proved he was offering drugs for sales, including one reference to £10,000.