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A man has been fined after admitting resisting a police officer and breaching a public spaces protection order in Durham.
Robert Carr, 41, whose address was given as HM Prison, Old Elvet, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on October 2.
Carr pleaded guilty to resisting a PCin the execution of his duty on August 7, in Durham.
The court heard that on the same day, Carr also failed to comply with a public spaces protection order by drinking from a can of lager in a space prohibited under the order.
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For resisting the police officer, Carr was fined £80, with his guilty plea being taken into account.
No separate penalty was imposed for the public spaces protection order breach.
Carr was ordered to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.