Thief told off by his mum after claiming his human rights were breached

A thief who claimed his human rights were breached after his picture was printed in a newspaper has been given an embarrassing dressing down by his mother. Charlie Cooper was convicted of stealing £1,500 of sentimental jewellery from a woman's house to fund his drink and drugs habit. A report of the hearing was published in the Kentish Gazette and Herne Bay Gazette, alongside a photo of Cooper taken outside Canterbury Magistrates' Court.



After seeing the story, the unrepentant 20-year-old messaged the newspaper to say publishing his picture had breached his human rights. He attached a photo of the article and photo, writing: "I know what I did was wrong but you didn't ask me if you could take a picture and put it in the papers, I know the public have a right to know but I have my human rights, and now they have been breached, thanks guys well done."

Cooper then took to his own Facebook page to demand compensation and sympathy, but was instead left red-faced after receiving a telling off from his mother Teresa. She wrote: "They don't need your permission to take your picture if the courts have given them permission to be there to do so." Cooper replied: "They do, I dont want my picture taken. End of." But his straight-talking mother responded with: "IT DONE NOW. THAT LADY DIDNT WANT HER JEWLERY TAKING BUT YOU DID IT ANYWAY, END OF."



The retort sparked a threat from Cooper to block his mother from the social networking site, writing: "This is why I didnt have you on facebook mum, you say things like that, im blocking you ok.!" Undeterred, she replied: "Itsa the truth charlie, you dont like the truth, until you realise things like this you will never learne ok."