Further to post 120:- you also get a piture of this fine youth! I dpnt know what the relavance of "who has tattoos on his arm and neck" but I supose it set the scene.
Laser pen yob faces jail - Wigan Today
Published Date: 18 August 2009
A WIGAN man is facing jail after admitting he endangered a police helicopter by flashing a laser pen at it.
Sean Holt was warned to expect custody after he pleaded guilty to risking those inside the aircraft.
The 22-year-old was outside his home on the evening of May 21 this year when he committed the offence.
He flashed the laser pen illuminating the inside of the cockpit but the crew were able to pinpoint his location.
The information was relayed to colleagues on the ground and officers went to his home.
They found him with the laser pen and when arrested admitted his responsibility. He was later interviewed and again accepted his guilt.
Shaven-headed Holt, who has tattoos on his arm and neck, appeared before Liverpool Crown Court yesterday (tues).
Holt, of West Avenue, Golborne, pleaded guilty to recklessly or negligently acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft.
The Recorder of Liverpool, Judge Henry Globe QC told him: "You have pleaded guilty to an offence which is coming before the courts with increasing regularity.
"It is a serious offence. You must understand the likelihood is that the court will pass a custodial sentence.
"In granting you bail that is no indication of what the sentence will be. All options remain open, including that custodial sentence."
Holt was granted bail until September 11 when he will be sentenced.
Police said they would not comment on the case until after Holt had been sentenced but they have been known in the past to take a dim view of those who think it a lark to use laser pens to interfere with their work.