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A daft cyclist damaged a car when he misjudged the size of a gap he squeezed through as he tried to pedal away from police.

Drunk Thomas Alcock fled from the officers as he didn't want to get arrested over a reported domestic incident at his Heckmondwike home.

But he found himself in even more trouble when he failed to properly negotiate a gap between Volkswagen Golf and a wall - smashing the vehicle's wing mirror and scratching the paintwork.

The 23-year-old admitted criminal damage when he appeared at Kirklees Magistrates' Court.

Jess Lister, prosecuting, said that police were called to his Lavender Croft home on November 30.

She told magistrates:"When they arrived they were told that the defendant had left the property as he wanted to get away on a push bike.

"They found the defendant and he told police that he just wanted to be left alone and started to cycle away.

"He turned down Longfield Road and squeezed through a gap between a parked vehicle and the wall. He scratched the vehicle and broke the glass on the wing mirror."

Alcock was arrested and in interview said that he had become frustrated during a row with his partner and smashed a glass table in the living room.

Miss Lister said: "When police came he wanted to get some fresh air and left the property.

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"Unfortunately he tried to get past the car and accepts he caused the damage by doing that.

"He couldn't recall anything from that evening due to the amount of alcohol he'd consumed."

The owner of the damaged vehicle estimated that it will cost him £500 to get the car resprayed and fix the wing mirror.

Mark Mangano, mitigating, said that his client admitted his wrongdoing even though he couldn't remember anything.

He explained: "He tried to cycle away from police because he didn't want to be arrested for a domestic incident.

"He accepts he cycled past the car and probably damaged it.

"He was silly and under the influence at the time. Had he been sober perhaps he wouldn't have tried to get past the vehicle on his bike."

Magistrates told Alcock he was clearly making 'a quick exit' from the situation.

They fined him £80 and told him to pay £85 court costs plus £100 compensation to the car's owner.