A man armed himself with a metal pole and punched a teenager in the face before assaulting the boy's mother during a street altercation.
Michael Cummings assaulted the 14-year-old boy and woman on October 6 this year following a disturbance which involved his partner. The 37-year-old punched the boy in the face before returning a short time later armed with a metal pole and began dishing out threats before unintentionally hitting the boy's mum with the weapon.
Cummings, of Dudden Place, Gateshead, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced for possession of an offensive weapon, two common assaults and a public order offence. He had pleaded guilty to the offences.
