A TEENAGER who headbutted a mother following a disagreement with her son told police he slapped her.

Burnley Magistrates heard how Daniel John Stott, 18, now had three convictions for assault on his record and his solicitor said he should not have done what he did.

Stott, of Cutler Crescent, Stacksteads, admitted common assault and failing to surrender. He was given a 12 month community rehabilitation order to include the Think First programme, fined £20 and told to pay £75 compensation.

The court was told the defendant told police the woman had been waiting for him when he came out of a shop.

She started pushing him, Stott pushed her back and then he said he "just whacked my hand on her head," and slapped her. The defendant later admitted he had headbutted the woman.

Bill Rawstron, defending, said the courts took a serious view of anybody who headbutted somebody else.

The aggrieved had taken it upon herself to involve herself in a disagreement between her son and the defendant. She went to find him, angry words were exchanged but there was no doubt Stott acted entirely inappropriately.

Mr Rawstron told the court the defendant, who had some emotional difficulties and problems relating to a troubled relationship, should not have done what he did.