Boozed-up man 'brought tram to a halt' in Sheffield city centre

Mark Alan Bennett, 47, of Convent Walk, city centre, was found by police at Castle Square, Sheffield, after they responded to reports of a man preventing trams from moving away, according to a Sheffield Magistrates’ Court hearing.

Prosecuting solicitor Mark Hughes told the hearing on February 20 how police found Bennett banging on the window of a tram and preventing it from leaving and he had to be escorted away from the tram line.

Bennett pleaded guilty to being drunk-and-disorderly in a public place after the incident on January 29.

He told the court he was sorry but it had been a difficult time because his father had been rushed into hospital and has since died.

Bennett was sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge and must pay £85 costs and a £21 victim surcharge.