By Amie Gordon For Mailonline
Published: 16:58 GMT, 14 January 2019 | Updated: 18:14 GMT, 14 January 2019
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Andrew Meads outside Westminster Magistrates' Court
A Ministry of Justice adviser punched a paramedic who tried to help him when he fell over in the street after an exclusive private members' Christmas party.
Senior economic guru Andrew Meads was seen staggering around Kensington, on 17 December after drinks at the Oxford and Cambridge Club Annual.
The 52-year-old was then found by paramedic Craig Cassidy, slumped on the curb with a gash above his eye and a blood-stained shirt.
But as he tried to treat him, Meads attacked Mr Cassidy in an alcohol-fuelled rage.
He told Mr Cassidy: 'F*** off, I want to go home. If you do not leave me alone I will f***** punch you.'
Police handcuffed Meads and helped to bundle him into the back of an ambulance.
But as Mr Cassidy freed Meads' hands in order to treat him, Meads leant forward and punched the paramedic to the right temple.
As PC Nikhil Patel restrained him again Meads screamed: 'Take these f****** handcuffs off or I will f****** kill you.'
Married Meads, who lives
