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A man who attacked his mum's house with a sledge hammer has been banned from seeing her for four years.

Christian Wright damaged the rear door of mum Amanda Wight's home, and also the fence at the back of the John Street, Chirk property.

A neighbour filmed the rampage. Police were called, were shown the footage, and then found 21-year-old Wight in an alleyway.

He appeared at court on Saturday over the offence, which happened last Thursday. He admitted that he damaged the door and fence and obstructed police.

Today, his sentencing hearing was told Mrs Wright was at home when she heard knocking on the window. She immediately knew it was Wright.

When she went upstairs and looked out of the window, she saw him in the garden. She phoned a friend, and when the friend arrived they told Mrs Wright not call the police because Wight was breaching bail conditions that he not be at his mother's home.

When told he was under arrest he tried to escape. He struggled and he was sprayed with pepper spray.



He was on a conditional discharge for an earlier incident when damage had been caused at his grandmother's property.



A probation officer said that Wright now described his decision to go to the property as stupid but at the time felt he was being encouraged to do so.



The damage was caused when he was wound up and frustrated and he struggled with police because he felt he was being wrongly arrested.



The probation officer felt he was attempting to minimise his actions and did not seem to understand the seriousness of his offending.



He lived with his partner and her three children in Green Lane, Shotton and had a job in construction.



He put his recent offending down to to boredom.



Defending solicitor Laura Preston-Hayes said that her client was not particularly mature, but had drawn a line under it now and did not oppose the restraining order.



If things changed in the future then an application could be made for the order to be removed, she said.

District Judge Gwyn Jones said he should not contact his mother in any way, including by social media, and banned him from entering Chirk.



Judge Jones put him on a 12-month community order with rehabilitation, which he said was aimed at changing his attitude towards offending and his approach to members of his own family.



Wright must carry out 200 hours unpaid work and he was ordered to pay his mother £230 compensation.



"It is clear that you have issues regarding your own family," the judge said.