A man charged with assault changed his plea to guilty after bragging to friends on Facebook that he expected to 'get away with it'.

A man charged with assault changed his plea to guilty after bragging to friends on Facebook that he expected to 'get away with it'.

Michael Ruse made the comments on Facebook before his trial had concluded (Picture: AP)

Michael Ruse, 21, from Leigh Park, Portsmouth Hampshire, wrote on the social networking site 'I think I get [sic] away with it' before the jury at Portsmouth Crown Court retired.

A printed copy of the comments was handed to prosecutors anonymously and he subsequently received a 46-week prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Judge Ian Pearson told Ruse: 'You pleaded guilty part way through the trial only really because you were stupid enough to put on Facebook what amounted to a full confession.

'Your stupidity really is not much mitigation.'

Ruse's lawyer Russell Pyne said of his client: 'He needs help with regards to thinking skills.'

As well as the suspended sentence Ruse, who had denied assaulting a friend's father, was issued with a six-month curfew from 7pm to 7am.

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