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Layabout smashed mum’s window after she woke him up
A MAN smashed a window of his mum’s house after she woke him up and told him to get a job.
South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how Christopher Storey slept in for his appointment at the job centre last Thursday.
And when the 21-year-old’s mother realised he was still in bed, she ripped the covers off him and told him to get a move on.
Storey, of Fieldway, Jarrow, started shouting and swearing before storming out of the house and smashing a window.
He pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage.
Ian Simpson, prosecuting, said: “His mother went into his room and told him to get moving, and sign on.
“He swore at her, and called her an idiot. They continued to argue, and she went upstairs and shut herself in her room, and said she was going to call the police.
“He went outside and smashed a window before trying to pull the garden gate off its hinges.
“When apprehended he said, if he was going to get arrested, he wanted it to be for a reason.”
Christopher Brown, defending, said: “His mum was trying to get him up. We’ve all been in the situation once in our lives when we’ve had to be cajoled into doing something by our parents.
“Perhaps being a bit of a sleepyhead at that time of day, and being bad tempered, he didn’t appreciate his mother pulling the bedsheets off him.
“He used some short words with her, but he would say she overreacted by shutting herself in her room. Although, he has to accept that he too was being unreasonable.”
The court heard that Storey was given a conditional discharge on Monday after admitting a shoplifting charge.
Magistrates fined Storey £65 and ordered him to pay £30 compensation to repair the window, and £50 court costs.
Chairman of the bench, Keith Ahmed, said: “This is not on, really. You need to get up and sign on.
“If you don’t, your dole will stop and your payments to the court will stop. Then you could end up in prison.
“Keep your nose clean and don’t be silly.”
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