A PENEGOES man has been jailed after fighting with police officers as they tried to arrest him.

Barrie Wilks (pictured) fought with officers for 25 minutes, repeatedly kicking out, abusing them, trying to bite them, and making a grab for their Taser stun gun, Swansea Crown Court heard.

The incident, on 3 April, left a police officer needing a knee brace and crutches, and fearful of the long-term impact on his career.

During the confrontation Barrie Wilks - who now uses the name Mallory - lashed out and kicked the officers, tried to bite them, and tried to get hold of a Taser and an incapacitant spray, the court was told.

The incident happened just days after the 35-year-old had been given a community order for a previous attack on police officers.

Wilks, of Penegoes, a former retained firefighter had previously pleaded guilty to common assault of an emergency worker and to battery of an emergency worker, when the case came back to court for sentence last week.

The court heard the defendant has two previous convictions for seven offences including theft, criminal damage, and assaulting a PC - these offences arose from incidents at Aberystwyth fire station.

Wilks was subject to a community order for these matters at the time of the Penegoes assault.

Judge Geraint Walters sentenced Wilks to four months in prison for each of the two assaults on the officers, to run consecutively, making eight months.

Judge Walters also revoked the previous community order the defendant was subject to and imposed a total of four months in prison for those matters, to run consecutively with the new sentence, making an overall sentence of 12 months in prison.