"Is that the police? My girlfriend has hidden my vodka" - drunk Chesterfield man calls cops over booze row

Aiden Spencer had already downed one bottle of the spirit and became angry when his partner refused to tell him where she’d hidden the second bottle, Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court was told on Monday, March 2.

Spencer, 22, of Wenlock Close, Loundsley Green, then became aggressive with police officers when they arrived and wanted to check on his girlfriend’s welfare when they attended his address on February 13, said Emma Price, prosecuting.

She said: “Police received a call from the defendant saying his partner had hidden his vodka and she stated that he was going to go mad if the police attended. They did attend and found him in a state of extreme inebriation. He said to them, ‘She’s hidden my f****** vodka and what are you going to do about it?’. They said they needed to go into the flat and check on the welfare of his girlfriend, and he told them, ‘F*** off, you’re not coming in my flat, you need a warrant’. The fact that other residents were looking out explains the level of the disturbance.

“He continued shouting and swearing at the police officers, and told them he was going to fight them before he’d let them into his flat.”

Spencer, who has previous convictions for causing suffering to animals and assault, admitted threatening behaviour when he appeared before the court, as well as breaching a suspended sentence imposed in August last year.

Mitigating, Denny Lau said that Spencer had a history of mental health issues and had been drinking heavily because his medication was not working.

He said: “He’s aware and extremely anxious that the court could activate his suspended sentence. When he’s anxious he drinks and his girlfriend had hidden the alcohol from him.

“He’s stopped drinking since this incident and his doctor has changed his medication to deal with his anxiety.”

Magistrates extended Spencer’s existing community order by six months and his alcohol treatment programme by three months. He was also fined £120, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.