A CARLISLE man landed with fines and court costs of more than £300 for drunken behaviour told magistrates: “That was an expensive night out.”

Steven Weir, 24, admitted being drunk and disorderly. The city’s Rickergate court heard how Weir, of Osborne Avenue, Carlisle, was shouting and swearing in Botchergate just before midnight on November 30.

He refused to move on when asked to by police. “Then he became aggressive towards the officers, and towards members of the public,” said the prosecutor Amy Labram.

“He was visibly drunk, and unsteady on his feet. He then became aggressive towards door security staff at a pub because they had refused to let him into the pub.”

It was at this point that the police officers arrested the defendant.

The court heard that Weir has 20 offences on his criminal record, the most recent one being one of taking a vehicle without consent and failing to provide a specimen.

Weir was fined £200, with £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.