A COURT has been shown dramatic footage of a heavily drunk West Albury man being arrested while performing a burnout on his motorbike.
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Joel Edward Williams, 26, was only a few metres from the front door of his home and 12 beers deep when he showed off to a group of mates.
It ended with him being tackled to the ground by an officer at the Kurrajong Crescent park, with the incident caught on police car video.
An officer could be seen on the footage leaping over a post and tackling Williams on his Kawasaki KX450.
Williams had noticed the police car show up at the last second, having been deeply focused on the burnout, and tried and failed to flee.
“What am I in trouble for, it’s only a burnout?” he asked after being arrested.
He later returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.19, which magistrate Tony Murray on Thursday noted was close to four times the limit.
Police initially thought they were attending a bonfire due to the smoke plumes coming from the scene.
The October 22 burnout was one of a string of drunken offences committed by Williams which will see him behind bars for seven months.
He assaulted his partner at their home on November 8, which led to him being taken into custody.
He had arrived home drunk and a fight started, with Williams screaming at the woman as she had her back to a kitchen bench.
He picked up their one-year-old daughter and pushed his partner over a baby fence.
Williams lost balance, still while holding the girl, and tumbled over.
The victim was shoved a second time and hit the back of her head on a kitchen bench.
The attacks stopped when she cried out for help from neighbours, leading to someone calling triple zero.
Williams also punched on with a close friend of about 15 years on September 9.
The man was punched in the head while sitting on his couch following a half-hour discussion.
He was hit several times and they wrestled, which caused a speaker to fall from a shelf and crack the man in the head.
A woman was comforted as she cried outside court on Thursday following the seven-month jail term.
He will be on parole for five months after his release from prison.
Williams was also banned from the roads for 10 months.