A man arrested during pre-Christmas "mad Friday" celebrations at Rhyl town centre, ran off when arrested.

Clive Williams, 56, told a female officer: "You cannot arrest me, I am a businessman."

He appeared in the dock at Mold Crown Court today and admitted resisting police and a charge of escaping from unlawful custody on December 22.

Judge Niclas Parry told him: "You have an inflated sense of your own importance."

Williams, of Dyserth Road in Rhyl, said: "I am sorry."

The court heard that it was alleged that doormen had been roughly handling his son.

Judge Parry said that his comment "you cannot arrest me, I am a businessman" should add to his shame.

"You of all people should know that in the area where you live the police have a very difficult job.

"Police were there to help your boy.

"He was being badly treated by doormen."

A female officer had given the defendant a warning and she explained that she needed to go and help her colleagues.

But when arrested he ran off.

Judge Parry said that he accepted the defendant was truly remorseful.

References showed that he had acted entirely out of character

"It is not the kind of escape from custody that we normally have to deal with," the judge said.

The defendant was fined £750 with £340 prosecution costs and he was ordered to pay £250 compensation to the officer.

Prosecuting barrister Matthew Curtis said that December 22 was coloqually know as "Mad Friday" when all the pubs and nightclubs at Rhyl were particularly busy.

At about 1am PC Michelle Williams was on duty outside the North Public House in Wellington Road in Rhyl. It was dark and wet, the North was very busy with a queue of people waiting to get in and a man was complaining he had lost a hat. A police colleague found it, but the male continued to ask who had taken it. As he did so he was swinging the hat. Anticipating violence, PC Williams grabbed him but then discovered he was employed by the North as a doorman. She advised him that his behaviour was unacceptable.

A couple of minutes, later there was a further disturbance at the doorway of the North. Again door staff appeared to be treating customers badly, the prosecutor said.

Approximately three males were pushed out of the public house on to the street and one appeared to have been the defendant’s son who despite being ejected was refusing to leave.

Two officers stepped in to separate the males. PC Williams went towards them to attempt to assist. As she did so the defendant pulled hard at her uniform from behind, causing her to take a couple of strides backwards. She looked back to see the defendant whom she described as short but stocky and strong. He held on to her and swore saying: “He’s my son, let him go”.

She told him “Stop pulling me, let me go, I need to help my colleagues”.

But he continued to pull and try to get passed.

PC Williams struggled to stay ahead but managed to push the defendant back. She was concerned for the safety of her colleagues. One shouted, “Spray! Spray!”. Another was crowded by three males.

The officer then held the defendant and arrested him for obstructing an officer, cautioned him and pushed him against a fence. He replied, “You can’t arrest me, I’m a businessman!”

She told him he was under arrest and was to stay with her. She realised she could not handcuff the defendant; he appeared stronger than her and she had no assistance.

"The defendant took advantage of this and using the palms of his hands pushed her hard into the chest causing her to step back. He then ran away. The defendant continued to run despite the officer shouting after him," he explained.

On December 28 PC Williams attended at his address. He claimed not to remember her. Interviewed, though he did not admit what he had done he said he did not disagree with the police officers’ statements and said that he was very intoxicated and could have behaved in the manner described. He apologised for his behaviour. He said he did not subsequently hand himself in because he claimed not to know he had been arrested nor that he had done anything wrong.

Defending barrister Simon Killeen did not mitigate when the judge indicated the sentence he had in mind.