Sunderland man's 'reckless' car window kick left policeman with injured eye
A Sunderland man hospitalised a policeman when he accidentally but recklessly kicked glass into his eye, a court heard.
Iyron Wilson, 26, shattered a patrol car’s window when he lashed out in the back seat in Arden Square, Farringdon, on Thursday, July 10.
A shard struck the eye of an officer standing in the street, leading him to require medical treatment, prosecutor Jeff Smith said.
Wilson, of Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, admitted the assault but claimed he had not intended to cause harm.
Mr Smith told South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court: “The offence is some nine months ago. Officers had attended to deal with an incident that led to them arresting Mr Wilson.
“He was put into the rear of a police car, and he then lashed out and smashed a rear window of that vehicle.
“I understand the officer who was standing outside the vehicle suffered an injury to an eye that required treatment in hospital as a result of the defendant lashing out.
“When interviewed, he denied any intention to smash the window and said that it was done unintentionally.”
Wilson pleaded guilty to charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and causing criminal damage.
A charge of failing to surrender to custody on Thursday, December 11, was dropped by the prosecution.
David Forrester, mitigating, said a pre-sentence report into Wilson’s offence had highlighted “a fixation with a wrong that had been done to him”.
Mr Forrester did not elaborate, adding only: “He pleaded guilty at the first opportunity. The offence was reckless, not deliberate.
“It’s a starting point of a high-level community order. Comments he made in a pre-sentence report were concerning.”
For the assault, District Judge Zoe Passfield sentenced Wilson to a 12-month community order, with 15 rehabilitation days, and ordered him to pay the officer £100 compensation.
And for causing criminal damage, he must pay £50 compensation to Northumbria Police.
There were no court costs.
The judge told Wilson “I give you full credit for your guilty pleas and I note that you’ve not been in trouble before.
“I’ve also read the report and that gives some explanation about what happened.”