Dad turned up at kids' birthday party with hammer to confront 11-year-old girl

Christopher Bridge admitted helium "acted shamefully" erstwhile helium went to the day enactment afloat of children to inquire an 11-year-old miss astir an incidental involving his lad successful a park

A dada equipped himself with a hammer earlier going to a children’s day enactment to face an 11-year-old miss who helium said had attacked his son.

Christopher Bridge admitted helium "acted shamefully" erstwhile helium went to the day enactment afloat of children to inquire an 11-year-old miss astir an incidental involving his lad successful a park. The 32-year-old admitted affray and 2 different charges and the justice astatine Mold Crown Court gave him a two-year jailhouse word but suspended it for 2 years.

As Bridge was the sole carer for his son, the justice said, helium should beryllium fixed a suspended condemnation as that is what would hap to a parent successful his circumstances. Bridge, of Green Avenue, Kinmel Bay, Conwy, went to a location successful Prestatyn astatine 6pm 1 evening successful April looking for an 11-year-old girl, Prosecutor Laura Knightly told the court.

He believed the girl, who was a person of the householder's daughter, had been progressive successful an battle connected his young son. Bridge held up a hammer and utilized it connected the beforehand door, North Wales Live reports. People wrong the location told him determination were children contiguous successful the incident, which was captured connected a doorbell camera. Bridge near and constabulary arrested him aboriginal that month.

The authoritative described however helium shook his caput arsenic allegations were outlined to him successful an interrogation and "appeared to smirk". In a unfortunate statement, the householder said she was tense astir Bridge coming backmost to her house.

Another pistillate astatine the enactment said successful her statement: "If helium tin spell to a location afloat of kids with a hammer what other is helium susceptible of?" Defence barrister Brett Williamson said his lawsuit behaved shamefully and it had been "very frightening" for the children successful the property. He said: "Mr Bridge discovered that his lad had been assaulted by a fig of older youngsters successful the section park. He has acted retired of each consciousness of crushed and proportionality erstwhile helium discovered his lad injured."

Mr Williamson said immoderate happened successful the parkland cannot warrant oregon excuse Bridge's offending. The judge, His Honour Niclas Parry, said it had been "shameful, cowardly and bullying behaviour - a 32-year-old antheral seeking vengeance connected an eleven-year-old girl?" He said: "You went to the household location brandishing a hammer...and contempt being told determination was a superior schoolhouse [age] children's enactment you tried to drawback an eleven-year-old child."

He said the young children would person been terrified. But it had been retired of quality and helium is the sole carer for his son. The justice besides noted Bridge has tried to enactment successful enactment - successful operation - and has mislaid a batch already owed to this case.

The justice said helium would person suspended his condemnation if it had been a parent successful these circumstances and it shouldn't beryllium immoderate antithetic for a father. He ordered Bridge to bash 250 hours of unpaid work, be 15 days of rehabilitation enactment and wage £750 compensation to the householder.

He besides made a three-year restraining bid prohibiting the suspect from contacting the householder directly, indirectly oregon from referring to her connected societal media, oregon from going wrong 100 metres of her home. There were nary abstracted penalties for possession of an violative limb successful a nationalist spot and transgression damage.