Musician jailed over verbal abuse at Pizza Hut

The commotion moved to the street where staff from the nearby Cherry Tree pub came to assist until a worker spotted police and called them over.

Daynes, of Chesil Court in Salford, told the officers: “I’ve got no f ***** g money on me so I can’t pay.”

When warned about his foul language, he responded: “You don’t know who you’re dealing with – you’re f ***** g dead.”

Magistrates heard that Daynes had two active suspended prison sentences to his name following recent convictions at courts in Buckinghamshire and Sheffield.

His solicitor Abigail Rolling acknowledged that he had been sentenced over 70 times – 42 for being drunk and disorderly – and “snatched out of the fire” many times by magistrates.

She added: “Mr Daynes plays the acoustic guitar and went to Manchester because it was the music capital of England, targeted recently for that fact.

“He has ambition, talent and intellect but he has a disease which is alcohol dependency.

“He may never conquer his addiction and I dare say it won’t be his last court appearance but incarceration won’t address his problems.

“The public will not be better protected by a short, custodial sentence.”

But magistrates told Daynes that his offending had been going on “far too long” and jailed him for a total of 12 weeks.

His community order, which includes alcohol treatment, will continue upon his release.