AN UNEMPLOYED man used his drunk friend to try to attack door staff, a court heard.

Richard Seddon, 21, was in Christopher's in Newland, Lincoln, with a female friend when door staff asked her to leave because she had been sick inside.

Seddon was asked to go and take care of her, Lincoln Magistrates' Court heard yesterday.

Daniel Poulson, prosecuting, said: "He picked up the female and moved to throw her towards the door staff.

"He started swinging her to try and hit door staff with her."

The staff managed to get him away from the woman before police arrived.

Seddon, of Burwell Close, Lincoln, told police in interview he was drunk and had no memory of the incident, but was trying to protect his friend, the court heard.

He pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour.

Leo Pyle, mitigating, said: "He accepts the facts, his recollection is clouded by the alcohol he consumed."

Seddon was fined £100, will have to pay a £16 Government surcharge and also £85 prosecution costs.