A HEROIN addict who tried to headbutt a police officer has been jailed.
Peter Stuart McElroy admitted four charges linked to two incidents.
He was charged with begging, disorderly behaviour, assaulting police and resisting arrest.
The 29-year old, of no fixed abode, was arrested on March 24 after police were called to Donegall Place following reports of a man begging.
Police were called to the same area on April 18. On this occasion, it was reported that a group of men were acting suspiciously outside McDonald's.
As police approached, officers saw an object being dropped on the ground. McElroy was standing beside the object - which the court heard was a black-handled knife with a four-inch blade - and as he was being arrested, he tried to headbutt an officer.
He continued to struggle as he was being handcuffed and also tried to spit in an officer's face.
Defence counsel Luke Curran said McElroy was a heroin addict who was currently on the waiting list for a place in rehab.
Deputy District Judge Noel Dunlop handed McElroy concurrent two-month sentences for each of the four charges he faced. A three-month suspended sentence was also activated, meaning he will serve three months.
