A DISTRAUGHT drunk mum battered the door of a woman she accused of being a “grass” with a hammer after her son was charged with a knifepoint shop robbery in Barrow.

Marianne Robinson appeared before Furness Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where she admitted criminal damage.

Prosecutor Mr Lee Dacre explained how the incident happened when the 40-year-old went to an address in Rawlinson Street, Barrow, where her son Bradley Mark Alan Charnley spent a lot of time.

He said: “Rachel Scott was in the property at about 6.30pm on March 13 and heard banging on the window and the defendant shouting ‘I’m going to put your window through’ and saying she was a grass.

“She went and looked through the peephole on the door and could see the defendant standing there with a hammer and she was hitting the door repeatedly.”

Miss Maureen Fawcett defending said Robinson had committed the offence when she was going through a particulary difficult time.

She said: “Her son Bradley Charnley had been arrested for a shop robbery.

“At that point he was spending a lot of time at the Rawlinson Street address with Miss Scott and another male.

“She was under the influence of alcohol and was upset that her son was facing prison for about four to six years.

“Her boyfriend had also just gone into prison so she had in fact lost both of the men in her life.

“She has had a drink problem for some time. She had a significant fall a few years ago and broke practically every bone in her body.”

On February 7 Robinson was treated for severe injuries after falling 40 feet from a balcony window. She was in a full titanium body brace after breaking multiple bones in her back and neck.

She was fined £95 for criminal damage and was ordered to pay £85 court costs plus a victim surcharge of £20.

The defendant’s 19-year-old son, of Lindal Street, Barrow, was sentenced to two years and 10 months at Preston Crown Court on May 20 for robbery.

The offence was committed on March 8 at the 3Js shop in Rawlinson Street. At around 11pm he entered the store and asked for alcohol and cigarettes.

When the shop assistant asked for money for the goods, Charnley pulled a knife from his hooded top and demanded cash. The assistant then attempted to defend himself before Charnley made off with a bottle of sambuca and two packets of cigarettes.

Charnley had pleaded guilty to the offence at his first hearing.