'Man drove at PCSO to avoid parking ticket' - court hears

A NEWPORT man drove into a PCSO to avoid being given a parking ticket, a jury heard.

Terrence Raymond, 39, is accused of dangerous driving following an incident in Commercial Street, Newport on 30 October 2006.

It is alleged that Raymond, of Telford Street, came out of Cash Generators to find PCSO Sharron Norman writing a fixed penalty notice for a BMW car which was illegally parked on zig-zag lines outside the shop.

The jury at Newport Crown Court then heard how Raymond protested before getting into the car and driving off, clipping her left knee as she continued to write the ticket, causing bruising and swelling.

Raymond denies ever having driven the car, but admits being in Cash Generators on the morning of the incident.