'Angry' man punched 15-year-old girl in Solihull and put his own mother in a cast

Tyrique Watson, aged 26, attacked three people in a matter of minutes in Solihull claiming he was under a 'dark cloud'

An 'angry' man punched a 15-year-old girl in the head, knocked a woman and man to the floor and put his own mother in a cast. Tyrique Watson smashed up a bus and attacked three people in the space of a few minutes in Solihull.

A few weeks later the 26-year-old attacked his mother, kicking her to the floor and causing an injury to her wrist. He blamed his schizophrenia for the outbursts of violence but a judge said he was using the condition as an 'excuse'.

Watson, from Belle Vale Road in Cradley Heath, Sandwell, was sentenced to two years and six months at Birmingham Crown Court after admitting causing grievous bodily harm, three counts of assault and criminal damage. He attacked three people between 9.30am and 10am on November 4 last year .

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Francesca Perera, prosecuting, said Watson broke a bus window and then punched the young girl in the face. She said: "She was 15 at the time and was going to the shopping centre on the bus. As the defendant walked past her he hit her once to the left side of the face. She describes feeling dizzy and having bruising to her eye."

The next victim, a woman, was attacked around 15 minutes later. Ms Perera said: "She describes going to meet her sister at the shops. She had been to Asda. She stopped to look in her bag for a receipt and was aware of someone walking towards her but took no notice.

"She felt a punch to her head to the left-hand side. She fell to the floor backwards and landed on a grass verge. She describes it as being full force. She felt disorientated and a little dizzy.

"The defendant looked at her, grunted and walked away. There was blood dripping into her eye. She saw the defendant get on to a bus. She describes her head as throbbing and blood being everywhere."

The victim sustained a cut to her head as well as bruising and swelling. Shorty afterwards Watson attacked a man at a bus stop. The prosecutor told the court: "He punched him full force to the right side of the face and caused immediate pain and discomfort.

"He asked the defendant 'what have you done that for?' and received no response. He felt dizzy. The defendant also kicked him to the lower back and left a footprint mark on his jacket."

Watson attacked his mother at home in Cradley Heath on December 13. She suffered an injury to her wrist, which was placed in a cast, but she did not provide a statement. Watson accepted he kicked her to the back and caused her to fall to the floor.

Jonathan Barker, defending, told the court: "The offences committed in November were in-part borne out by mental health problems the defendant was suffering at the time. He was in a bad place, under a dark cloud that particular day.

"He was feeling very frustrated and angry. He states that was linked to his schizophrenia. It is an odd set of offending, the fact he's just assaulting people that he doesn't know, doesn't have a connection with."

The barrister said Watson had a 'difficult upbringing and difficult relationship with his mother'. But Recorder Jas Jandu, passing sentence on Friday, October 11, said psychiatric assessments of the defendant had stated he was 'capable of assaulting people without it being linked to schizophrenia at all'.

He told Watson: "My impression is you are an angry man. It may a contributing factor but I think you are allowing your schizophrenia to act as an excuse for your actions. You also have a tendency to attack women and girls less stronger than you."