A MAN was thrown out of court by magistrates after his cross examination of a police witness descended into farce and led to him exhausting a final warning.

After being ejected from court Amer Ali was found guilty on four counts and will pay fines and costs totally more than £2,000.

The heated scenes in court room one at Worcester Magistrates began before the 35-year-old even spoke to confirm his name. After refusing to switch his phone off, Havard Painter, magistrates chairman said, “you could end in serious trouble, before we even start”.

READ MORE: Driver given 24 weeks in prison for "flagrant disregard for court orders"

READ MORE: Prolific homeless thief given 36 weeks in prison for store thefts

Mark Johnson, prosecuting, told magistrates Ali had been spotted pulling up behind them on Bullring roundabout, Worcester, when the traffic lights were red. The police listened in on an emergency call and while they worked out if they were near the incident the light changed and there was a delay of three seconds as officers decided whether they should change lanes.

“The defendant in frustration sounded his horn,” Mr Johnson said.

“He drove past at speed, in a manner that was deemed to be unacceptable. Police stopped the defendant (in Bromyard Road). He was spoken to, his behaviour was described as bizarre and odd.”

Mr Johnson said Ali was suspected of being under the influence, so he was asked to do a roadside drug wipe.

“His behaviour was obstructive - he refused to co-operate with it, at one point tried to put it in (his mouth) the wrong way up,” Mr Johnson said.

Mr Johnson said Ali then resisted arrest but eventually was handcuffed and he was taken to custody. PC Williams was then called to the stand, and he confirmed the account put to magistrates about what had happened at around 2am on August 25.

PC Williams said: “He became very, very aggressive. He started shouting and swearing, refused to speak to me, using expletives. He made threats like ‘I know where you live’ and ‘I will have you’.” PC Williams also said he was “absolutely certain” Ali had a defective number plate.

Ali defended himself and in more than 20 minutes of cross examination he was warned about attacking the character of the officer, at one point saying the officer had been acting “like a wannabe gangster”. This led Mr Johnson to halt proceedings, and he asked for magistrates to allow Ali’s numerous previous convictions to go before the court, which the magistrates allowed.

When the questioning resumed, Ali was warned about “launching into rants”, repeating himself, which led him to say: “I am slave. I’m going to be convicted anyway, I’m just here to be punished.” Ali then said to the officer he would “put him in his place”, which led the magistrates chairman to say “enough, we want you to leave”, and other magistrates shouted “leave”. Security was called, and Ali continued to rant as he was led out the court room. Magistrates found him guilty of sounding a horn on a restricted road at night, driving a vehicle when the registration mark failed to conform with regulations, failure to co-operate with a preliminary test (a drug wipe) and obstructing and resisting an officer. For obstruction Ali, of Canterbury Road, Worcester, was fined £666, for the numberplate offence he was fined £230, for the horn press he was fined £220 and for refusing the test he was fined £660. He was ordered to pay costs of £635 and a victim surcharge of £66 - a total of £2,477.