'I don't want him back' says Sunderland mam after son smashed window

A court was also told that Jack Phillipson’s aggressive behaviour was making his mother feel ill and vulnerable.

Phillipson, 26, who was living in a caravan at the time of the offence, smashed a window valued at around £150 at Deborah Phillipson’s property in Glebe, Washington, on Good Friday.

He pleaded guilty to the charge at a hearing last weekend and was given an eight-week prison term, which is suspended for the next 12 months, when he appeared for sentencing at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court via video link earlier this week.

District Judge Kathryn Meek also imposed a 12-month restraining order, preventing Phillipson from contacting his mother and from going to her home.

Judge Meek told him his actions on April 10 and the impact on his mum were far more serious than the price tag of the damage he had caused.

As part of the suspended sentence, Phillipson, of no fixed address, was also banned from entering an area of Washington bordered by Parkway, Dryburgh and Newstead Court, all in Glebe.

In a victim personal statement read to the court, Mrs Phillipson said her son’s aggressive behaviour was making her feel ill and vulnerable and she added: “I don’t want him back.”

The court heard that at the time of the offence Phillipson had been staying at a friend’s caravan.

Val Bell, defending Phillipson, said in mitigation: “I think there’s a bit of history in the relationship between him and his mother where they get on and then don’t get on. It’s a bit fractious.

“He was staying at a friend’s caravan in Glebe, it’s perhaps not ideal accommodation.”

Phillipson, who had originally denied the charge but changed his plea, was also ordered to pay his mother £150 compensation and must pay £85 court costs.

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