Tent-living addict punched sister, smashed mum's car and wrecked ex's home - all in one night

A tent-living addict punched his sister, smashed his mum's car windscreen, and wrecked his ex's home - all in one night.

Homeless Mark Redfearn, 40, was living in a tent in his sister's garden, when he turned up at his mum's at 4 o'clock in the morning, on October 6. When his mum asked him to leave her Stockton home, he smashed the back window of her car.

The drug addict had taken zopiclone, crack cocaine and cannabis and drunk brandy and vodka.

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Redfearn than made his way to his sister's house where he continued to drink. At 5am, as his sister was on her phone, he launched an attack. Teesside Crown Court heard he repeatedly punched her in the face, knocking her to the floor.

Redfearn began shouting insults at his sister, calling her a "dirty s***" and a "bad mother." He kicked her in the ribs, stomach and pelvis as she lay on the floor. The victim was left with bruising to her eye socket and all over her body.

Redfearn then moved on to his ex-partner's house, where he screamed abuse, smashed up a bedroom and two TV's.

Redfearn later pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and to three counts of criminal damage. He has no previous convictions.

On Friday, Redfearn listened on video link from Doncaster prison as the court heard that he had turned back to drugs and alcohol when his relationship ended.

The court heard Redfearn intends to move in with his grandmother in Worksop upon his release.

Judge Jonathan Carroll told Redfearn, of no fixed address: "You have driven a rift down the side of your family as they were trying to get help for you. I have read that you suffer from anxiety and depression, but you have brought this upon yourself. The end of your relationship was a trigger for your drugs and alcohol binge."

Redfearn, of no fixed address, was jailed for 18 months. He will serve half of his sentence before being released on licence.

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