Hartlepool yob jailed after attacking police officers

Daniel Kenneth Ianson-Smith, who is from Hartlepool, was locked up after failing to “express willingness” to comply with the requirements of a proposed community order.

Magistrates also heard that he has a “flagrant disregard” for court orders.

Ianson-Smith, 38, who lives in the town’s Church Street, pleaded guilty to assaulting two male officers in Middlesbrough on October 4 last year.

He also admitted four counts of failing to surrender to custody over a five-month period since the attacks.

After receiving credit for his guilty pleas, he was jailed for a total of 12 weeks at Teesside Magistrates’ Court.

The jail term included two week behind bars after was convicted in his absence at an earlier hearing of stealing £160 of goods from a Boots store in town on October 19 last year.

Ianson-Smith must also pay a £128 victim surcharge and £250 in prosecution costs by the end of this November.

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