Southwick lout Jordan Fish jailed over attacks on police

Jordan Fish had downed 12 cans of beer before police were called to a domestic row in Southwick.

The 29-year-old scaffolder was so out of control that he had to be sprayed.

He grabbed the genitals of one officer, squeezing and twisting them in his hand.

Later in custody he used a homophobic slur to a custody officer and used a racist jibe.

Several officers suffered injuries during the incident, Hove Crown Court heard.

Fish admitted four assaults on emergency workers and a charge of using racially aggravated harassment likely to cause alarm or distress.

His Honour Judge Jeremy Gold QC jailed the brute for 14 months.

Hove Crown Court

Sean Summerfield revealed the incident took place on March 7 this year at Whitelot Close, Southwick.

Officers were called over a domestic incident.

One of the officers attacked was previously a prison guard, and said it was the worst incident of “indiscriminate and extreme aggression” she has ever seen in her career.

Fish has nine previous convictions for 23 offences, which include assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and also for assaults on police in 2010 and 2020.

Tayo Adebayo said his client had been drinking at his mother’s address before returning home to his partner.

“He had 12 cans of lager that afternoon before returning to the address of his partner,” Mr Adebayo said. “He doesn’t remember much of what happened.”

Scaffolder Jordan Fish has battled alcohol problems

It was revealed that Fish suffered the tragedy of his father’s death at the age of 15, and has also lost his own infant child to cot death aged just five months.

He has turned to heavy drinking to cope, Mr Adebayo said, and said his client had shown empathy with the officers and expressed his apologies.

Judge Gold told Fish: “You are 29 years old now and have got a rather poor record for offences of violence and damaging property.

Jordan Fish is now behind bars

“Alcohol has been an obvious problem in your life. Community sentences imposed in the past don’t seem to have been a great success.

“Police officers called over public order matters are entitled to be treated with courtesy and respect, and not with violence.”

Fish, of Gardner Road, Fishersgate, is now behind bars.