A man from Bristol has been jailed after he refused to do a breath test, assaulted the police officer trying to arrest him and ended up getting pepper sprayed by police.
Michael Francis was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison and banned from driving for more than three years after the incident on the M4 in March this year.
The 45-year-old from Chapter Walk, in Redland, Bristol, was driving a black Lexus car along the M4 towards Bristol at around 11pm on March 18, magistrates in Bristol heard on Wednesday.
