ALEXANDER Peter Jackson took an indignant stance against police officers he felt had ignored his complaint of assault by a doorman at a Whalley nightclub.

But when his stance took him into the middle of the road officers rapidly ended the protest by arresting him.

Jackson, 23, of Portfield Lane, Whalley, pleaded guilty at Blackburn magistrates to being drunk and disorderly in Accrington Road.

He was given a conditional discharge for six months and ordered to pay £55 costs.

Tom Snape, prosecuting, said police spoke to three males outside Rendezvous nightclub and told them to leave the area.

They came across Jackson again a few minutes later and even though his friend was pulling him and trying to persuade him, Jackson refused to leave.

He told his friend: "You can go if you want but they are not telling me what to do."

Paul Garner, defending, said Jackson had only drunk four pints when, for some reason best known to themselves, the doormen had refused him and his friends entry.

"At some stage one of the bouncers kicked him in the chest," said Mr Garner.

"He wanted to know what the officers were going to do about that and took umbrage when he was told to go home."