A MAN has been ordered to "get going" with his unpaid work after his efforts to date were labelled "not good enough."
Shaun Kennedy, of Strand Crescent in Holywell, appeared at Mold Crown Court on Thursday.
The 21-year-old admitted that having been given a suspended sentence in February 2024 for affray, he breached it by failing to attend his unpaid work.
Judge Niclas Parry summarised the situation for the defendant, who was unrepresented.
The breach had come within eight to ten weeks of the order being imposed.
And he had completed 17 hours of unpaid work in that time - a total Judge Parry branded "rubbish."
Joshua Gorst, prosecuting, told the court that having spoken to the defendant that morning, he understood Kennedy had been diagnosed with depression and has since started taking medication for it.
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He'd been let go from his job had claimed his phone had been cut off - which is why he hadn't answered the many attempts probation officers had made to reach him.
Judge Parry told the defendant: "I'll say this - 28 hours a month, or seven hours a week is the minimum requirement.
"And I'm going to have you here every month to make sure you've carried out at least 28 hours.
"You're fit to work, you can do this order."
Speaking of Kennedy's progress to date, the Judge told him: "17 hours in 10 weeks is not good enough. That's just 1.7 hours a week. That's rubbish.
"Get going, get this done.
"Don't some back for a second breach because there's only one result for that."
The Judge added an extra 40 hours of unpaid work onto the defendant's suspended sentence.
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