A drunken man who brandished a knife in the back of a police car in Kinmel Bay has been sent to prison for seven months.

James Taylor was so drunk that he was twice “helped” home by police after being found collapsed in the middle of the road, Mold Crown Court heard

But on the second occasion after he was found again lying in the road, police officers were confronted by the knife as they tried to rouse Taylor from his slumber in their vehicle.

Judge Rhys Rowlands told Taylor: “You said you were having cheese earlier but I can’t accept that you had forgotten about this knife bearing in mind your antecedents.

“You were badly affected by drink that night and you went out with a knife and it is not the first time you have chosen to arm yourself with weapons.”

Taylor was first found lying on a pavement in Kinmel Bay by police who took him to his sister’s home.

But they received another report that he was lying in the road and when they got there they found he was being attended to by ambulance staff, outlined prosecutor Jemma Gordon.

Taylor was taken back to his home in Kinmel Bay, but on route as the officers tried to wake him up he produced the weapon, which was a two-and-a-half inch bladed knife.

When he was arrested he admitted consuming a bottle of brandy and arguing with his girlfriend, but said he couldn’t remember how he had come to be in possession of the knife.

Taylor, aged 31, of St. Asaph Road, Kinmel Bay admitted possessing a bladed article on May 31 last year as well as being in breach of a conditional discharge imposed for two offences of theft.

Sarah Yates, defending, said the police had their Tazers ready to deal with the situation.

She said it was Taylor’s second conviction for possessing a bladed article and it was accepted that he would have to serve a minimum term of six months.