A man who shone a laser at a police plane airborne during an operation linked to a road rage incident in Telford has been given a 12-month conditional discharge.
Reed Beers, 60, of Old Office Road, Dawley, appeared at Telford Magistrates’ Court and admitted dazzling or distracting a pilot.
The offence happened on 10 March as the National Police Air Service (NPAS) provided support to officers investigating reports of a man with a suspected firearm after a road rage incident on Mossey Green Way in Ketley Bank.
At 19:52 GMT the pilot of a fixed-wing NPAS plane reported a green laser being directed at the aircraft.