A Darlington man has been convicted of pushing two school girls after they rebuffed his advances on a bus.
Allan Francis Slaven, 28, of Tyne Close, Darlington, admitted three charges of assault by beating during his recent appearance at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court.
He also admitted a further charge of criminal damage to a police cell.
Magistrates heard that Slaven made lewd and suggestive comments to the girls as they were travelling home from school on a bus.
One of the girls told Slaven to "shut up" before leaving the bus. Slaven disembarked at the same bus stop and gave chase to the terrified teenagers, shouting threats at them along the way.
John Garside, prosecuting, said: "They get to a car park and one of the girls uses a car to shield herself from the defendant while he is chasing her around it.
"A male friend sees the defendant, known as Skinhead, chasing the girls around the car, and as he approaches the girls run off and the defendant runs after them.
"They run to one of their houses and into the back garden before the defendant kicks open the gate and pushes one of the girls to the ground, the other tries to punch him and he pushes her over.
"The male friend enters the garden and starts arguing with the defendant and both girls try to run. One of them picks up a strimmer to hit the defendant to get him off the friend who was telling him to leave."
At one point during the altercation Slaven headbutted his friend, which accounts for the third assault charge.
One of the girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said in a victim impact statement: "It should have been a normal journey home from school, hearing the comments was stressful enough but for him to turn on me was terrifying.
"I was so scared when he was chasing me and I didn't know what to do, I thought he was going to hurt me.
"I also keep thinking what if. What if he had got into the house, thoughts keep going through my head."
John Clish, for Slaven, said: "The defendant is not someone who is without problems himself. He has been diagnosed with ADHD and multiple personality disorder and two or three months ago he was in a coma after suffering a heart attack.
"It's fair to say he has limited recollection of the incident, he was intoxicated. There was an exchange which has unfortunately caused him to act how he did."
Slaven was arrested and taken to Darlington Police Station, where he caused criminal damage by smearing excrement on the wall of his cell.
Magistrates ordered pre-sentence reports.
Slaven was granted conditional bail until his sentencing hearing at the same court on Tuesday, 19th November 2019.
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