Weekend in custody has major impact on offender

A 22-YEAR-OLD Cheltenham man who spent a weekend crying in prison after he was arrested on a warrant has mended his ways, a judge was told.

Alex Sheerin was arrested in October for flouting a court imposed order, which included a requirement to complete unpaid work.

He spent a weekend in custody and was then given a final chance to prove he could knuckle down and comply with his order, which was imposed for an offence of unlawfully wounding a woman.

Judge Jamie Tabor QC heard that Sheerin had complied fully with the supervision and the unpaid work since October and had been working on the clearance of allotments.

Business Cards From Only £10.95 Delivered www.myprint-247.co.uk

myprint-247

View details

Print voucher

Our heavyweight cards have FREE UV silk coating, FREE next day delivery & VAT included. Choose from 1000's of pre-designed templates or upload your own artwork. Orders dispatched within 24hrs.

Terms: Visit our site for more products: Business Cards, Compliment Slips, Letterheads, Leaflets, Postcards, Posters & much more. All items are free next day delivery. www.myprint-247.co.uk

Contact: 01858 468192

Valid until: Sunday, June 30 2013

"You are doing all right, but if you slip up, you know what will happen," the judge warned him. "I don't want to see you again."

Judge Tabor added a further 10 hours to the unpaid work requirement for the breach and ordered Sheerin to pay £120 towards the prosecution costs.

It was in July that Sheerin, of Whaddon Road, Cheltenham, was placed on a supervision and unpaid work order after he admitted unlawful wounding.

But the court heard subsequently that he had displayed "a remarkably lackadaisical" attitude to the sentence.