A desperate mum has ended up in court after 'seeing red' and grabbing her tearaway teenage daughter by the hair following a temper tantrum.
The woman, 51, snapped after the 14-year-old, who had been skipping school, refused to move when she was told to go to bed and get her uniform ready for the next day.
She grabbed the out-of-control teenager by the hair before taking hold of her arms and dragging her along the floor.
As she did so, the girl's father grabbed hold of the teenager's legs so the pair could carry her up to her bedroom.
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At Stockport Magistrates Court, the mum, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her daughter, admitted common assault and was conditionally discharged for 12 months.
Police arrested the woman after her estranged partner inadvertently filmed the shocking incident, which happened in the kitchen of their family home in Knutsford, Cheshire, on July 5.
The court heard the teenage girl had been 'bright and articulate', but her behaviour fell off a cliff edge' when she started experimenting with cannabis and alcohol.
She had earlier flouted a 9pm curfew imposed on her when she visited a friend's house, and fought with her father when he took her back to her mother's address.
The girl had been living with her mother after her parents separated, but at times would stay over with her father, the court heard.
The assault happened after she ran away from home when her mum discovered she had been refusing to attend school.
Prosecutor Gareth Hughes said: “The girl had headed to school around 10.30am that day but then asked to stay at a friend’s house until 9pm. The defendant allowed this but her daughter did not return home at that time.
''The child lives with her mother but spends time at her father’s address who lives separately. Both the defendant and her father made efforts to locate her.
"It seems the victim has then made her way to her father’s address but he refuses to allow her to stay there and he drives her back to her mother’s house.
''On arrival, she refuses to get out of the car and the father is forced to physically remove her. Both struck each other as they were moving from the car into the address.
"The daughter then begins arguing with her mother, saying she is going to run away as does not want to live with her mother and wants to live with her father.
“The victim is sat on the floor refusing to move and to go upstairs, which the defendant has asked her to do. Her current partner records mobile phone evidence of the daughter's behaviour but it captures the defendant instead.
''The defendant is seen to grab her by the hair with two hands pulling her across the living room from the kitchen. The defendant and the girl's father then pick her up by her legs and carry her up to her room. Both were trying to remove her shoes to prevent her from running away.
''There are previous incidents of her running away. She is then restrained by the defendant. The victim kicks out at the defendant's partner and made contact with him. Due to the footage recovered, officers arrested the defendant for the assault of pulling on her daughter's hair."
Mr Hughes said the assault caused no physical injury and the girl did not make any formal complaint to police.
Anthony Derbyshire, mitigating on behalf of the woman, said she accepted assaulting her daughter after 'seeing red'.
He added: "It was a culmination of months and months of stress trying to talk to her about how her behaviour is not appropriate and how their needs to be rules and respect. She bitterly regrets it and knows she has overstepped the mark.
''The daughter did not want to co-operate with the police. That may be because she realises she was the instigator on the night and the catalyst to this incident.
“The daughter has been in school for just two hours over the last month and refuses to go to school today. She is still not going to school and mum is crying out for help. Her daughter stayed with her dad for one month but his health has suffered and is now in receipt in medication.
''Sadly the girl's behaviour has not improved at all and mum is assessing all types of help. Her daughter now has a social worker and has been referred to CAMS but has not engaged to date.
''Her daughter is using drugs and drugs were found at home. Drugs is a grave concern to mum and this is a single incident where she has taken hold of her daughter in complete frustration. She assured me it will never happen again.”
The mother was also ordered to pay £107 in costs.
JP Marcia Moss told her: ''This is not a nice situation to be in and you are obviously struggling at home with your daughter. Good luck with your daughter.”
