Dad kicked door after drink binge

Worksop magistrates heard how Mathew Mullen, 26, of Radford Street, had been drinking all afternoon on 15th December 2011.

At 9pm he went to his ex-partner’s mother’s house in Lincoln Street where she was with their daughter.

When told he could not see the two-year-old he kicked the front door and other items in the garden.

Defending, Andrew Bevan said: “It was a reckless decision due to the frustration of not being able to see his daughter.

Mullen must pay a total of £350 in fines, compensation and costs, plus £330 in previously unpaid fines.