A MAN who unexpectedly found himself in sole charge of his two year old child had 99 hours of unpaid work removed from his community order and replaced with a curfew.
At Bridlington Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday (November 23) Craig Andrew Allman, 23, of Washington Street, Driffield, admitted being in breach of a community order.
Jon Wild of the probation service told the bench Allman was given a 12 month supervision order with 100 hours of unpaid work and a requirement to attend an alcohol treatment course.
However, Allman had failed to attend appointments with the service on October 20 and November 5 without giving a suitable explanation.
He had completed just one hour of his 100 hour unpaid work sentence.
However, Mr Wild said Allman had suddenly become responsible for the care of his two year old son which made it very difficult for him to carry out the work requirement.
Magistrates agreed to delete the number of outstanding unpaid work hours and instead impose a three month curfew between the hours of 8pm and 7am at his home address.
“We hope it will make life easier for you and also for the order to continue with the alcohol treatment,” said magistrate Tony Hardman.