A GROOM-TO-BE was arrested on his stag do after assaulting a policeman called "Flo" while dressed as a WPC wearing stockings and suspenders, a mini-skirt and a blonde wig.

Instead of enjoying his last night of freedom Adam Crabb, 20, who, along with his friends, was dressed as a female officer, found himself in a prison cell after he went on the rampage at the Copperhouse Inn in Hayle.

Crabb had smashed the window of a barmaid's car with his bare hand and run off down the road when the police were called.

In scenes reminiscent of the Benny Hill Show he was chased by real policemen and arrested. But as they struggled to get the handcuffs on Crabb he grabbed a policeman called Floris "Flo" Linscott by his reflective jacket and flung him to the ground injuring the officer's knee.

In court Crabb told magistrates that he had no memory of the incident in the early hours of January 20. He blamed his friends for spiking his drinks with vodka and other spirits for making him go off the rails.

Crabb, who married his fiancee Emma Stevens at Penzance Registry Office on Saturday, had gone to the inn the previous evening to celebrate his forthcoming nuptials with friends and family.

During the evening there was an argument and he became aggressive, arguing and shouting and was asked to leave the pub. Outside he put his fist through a car window.

The police were called but when they arrived Crabb started walking off. The officers asked him to stop and he ran away.

They chased Crabb, who was still in drag, and arrested him. He started shouting and struggling as the police tried to handcuff him.

"Pc Linscott was helping to restrain Mr Crabb who became more and more agitated," said prosecutor Jill Wilson. "He grabbed Pc Linscott, took hold of his reflective jacket, swung him around overbalancing him and he fell to the ground taking the full force on his left knee. Other officers then arrived and Crabb was taken away."

Fred Howell, defending, said it was stupid of the people who had spiked Crabb's drinks.

"A number of people confirmed his drinks were spiked with Vodka and Jack Daniels," he said. "He would not have gone out to drink that amount of alcohol. The people who spiked his drinks do have a certain responsibility for what happened, it was a stupid thing to do."

Crabb from St Ives was given a 36-hour attendance centre requirement for the assault on the policeman and damage to the car. He was also ordered to pay PC Linscott £75 compensation and court costs of £43.