A father who dragged his teenage son out of bed to get him to college has been charged with ASSAULT. The conscientious father grabbed the 16-year-old by the arm and hauled him up when he ignored his mum’s calls at 8.15am.
The angry lad rang police — and two officers raced to his home. They arrested the 44-year-old dad, locked him in a cell for 6 hours then charged him with common assault and obstructing police. Later the boy begged cops to drop the case. But the Crown Prosecution Service is pressing ahead and the father has already appeared in court.
Magistrates banned identification of the pair from Plymouth, Devon, before granting the dad bail.
Last night he fumed: “The case is a farce and a waste of time and money. All I was trying to do was make sure my son gets an education! The government tells parents to take responsible for their kids, yet I’m being punished for it.”
The father, who has never been in trouble, is fighting the case. He added: “It should be nothing to do with the police.”
The son, who is on an Entry to Employment course, said: “I felt he had no right to pull me out of bed. But I never expected him to be charged.”
A minor scuffle broke out when the dad went out to speak to cops who then refused to let him back in the house.
He is due before JPs later this month.
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