POLICE were called to a Blackburn street after a drunken man was seen trying to kick children who were playing out.

Leszek Zdzislaw Nowicki, 39, of St Peter Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on Granville Road. He was fined £40 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge.

Tracy Yates, prosecuting, said when police arrived at 4.30pm there were a lot of children playing on the street.

"The defendant was clearly drunk and had soiled himself," said Mrs Yates.

Nowicki told the court he was sorry.