Newcastle mum turned up at ex's home with extendable baton and hit his front door
by Sara Nichol · ChronicleLiveA mum turned up at her ex-boyfriend's house armed with an extendable baton and used it to hit his front door.
Jessica Embleton had gone to her former partner's house to pick up baby bottles for their child, but she was told they weren't there and to leave. However, the 27-year-old saw red and was captured on the doorbell camera going back to her car and picking up an extendable baton.
A court heard that the mum-of-four then returned to the house and used the weapon to strike the front door three times, damaging the door number plaque. She then ran back to her vehicle, where someone was waiting in the driver's seat, and she was driven away, prosecutors said.
Embleton, of Ripley Terrace, in Walker, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court to plead guilty to possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage. Paul Coulson, prosecuting, said Embleton had turned up at her ex's home asking for baby bottles on the evening of May 26 this year.
After she was told he didn't have them, her ex watched as she walked back to her car and sat in the passengers seat. Mr Coulson continued: "She spoke to the driver.
"Ring doorbell footage catches the defendant walking back to the house. [Her ex] opens the door and says again that he doesn't have the bottles.
"She pulls out and extendable baton from her coat. She swings the baton, hitting the door and number plate three times, causing it to smash. She then runs back to the waiting car and the vehicle drives off."
Steven Linsdell-Bell, defending, said Embleton has suffered domestic abuse through most of her adult life and had snapped on the day in question. He added: "Miss Embleton's ex was the one who instructed her to bring his extendable baton to him.
"He told her where he had hidden it at her house. Reluctantly, she attends his premises." Mr Linsdell-Bell added: "When he closes the door, Miss Embleton's emotions take over. In a split second, she lashes out with the baton."
Embleton was given a 12-month community order, with 100 hours of unpaid work, and must pay £15 compensation for the door number plaque, £85 costs and a £114 victim surcharge.
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