Fined for theft of lead

A DRUNKEN yob who scaled a bay window to steal lead sheeting was traced by blood he left at the scene.

David Hancock, 22, of Ordsall Road, Worksop, admitted the theft.

He had been walking back from a party when he climbed up Danielle Bonser’s bay window.

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Heavily pregnant Miss Bonser saw him at it, and told police: “I felt very scared, especially in my condition.”

Defending, David Grant said his client was very drunk and the sheeting needed replacing anyway.

Hancock was fined £100, £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

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