South Shields man jailed after police found him with knife

A wayward son who fell out with his mother has been jailed for six months for carrying a knife.
Magistrates in South Tyneside heard that Christopher Elsy, 27, of Taylor Street, South Shields, turned up at his mother’s house in tears and, after an argument, smashed her television.
Paul Armstrong, prosecuting, said: “It seems he was upset because another family member had refused to lend him some money. An argument ensued with his mother over a television she had borrowed from him.
“He smashed the television, apparently deliberately, then pushed past his her and left the house.”
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