William Tyrrell’s embattled biological father (pictured) has been sentenced to seven months in prison after a series of drug and theft offences
William Tyrrell’s embattled biological father has been sentenced to seven months in prison after a series of drug and theft offences.
Brendan Clifford, who is the father of the missing toddler, appeared at Bankstown court, western Sydney, faced with charges related to drug possession and the theft of bank cards, toys and clothing, Nine News reports.
It was found the 35-year-old suffers from ‘flashbacks and psychological and emotional problems’ following the suspected abduction and ongoing mission persons case of three-year-old son William, on September 12, 2014.
‘He is the father of a boy whose tragic disappearance three years ago has been the subject of a major police investigation,’ the magistrate said during sentencing.
His mother Natalie Collins previously told A Current Affair she was ‘horrified’ after stumbling upon the stolen goods her son had stashed in his room.
‘He will get better. When I cleaned his room I was horrified. It was full of s*** he had taken from the streets,’ she said.
Mr Clifford was also convicted of minor drug possession after police found him with methamphetamine and a smoking pipe.
His most serious offence was related to the theft of a mobile phone at the Great Southern Hotel in Sydney.
It was found the 35-year-old suffers from ‘flashbacks and psychological and emotional problems’ following the suspected abduction and ongoing mission persons case of three-year-old son William (pictured)
‘He is the father of a boy whose tragic disappearance three years ago has been the subject of a major police investigation,’ the magistrate said during sentencing (William pictured)
Missing toddler William (pictured) disappeared from his grandmother’s home on the NSW north coast in 2014
Following court proceedings Mr Clifford was sent back to Silverwater jail with a non-parole period ending March 16.
William’s biological mother has also been in her fair share of trouble with the law.
Karlie Tyrrell was arrested in December after screaming: ‘coppers lost my son you c***s’ at police before repeatedly spitting in an officer’s face in a late-night shopping centre showdown.
The distressed mother’s foul-mouthed outburst – where she appeared to blame cops for losing William – was laid bare in police facts for the December 22 incident shown to a court.
Karlie Tyrrell (pictured) was arrested in December after screaming: ‘coppers lost my son you c***s’ at police before repeatedly spitting in an officer’s face in a late-night shopping centre showdown
The distressed mother’s (pictured) foul-mouthed outburst – where she appeared to blame cops for losing William – was laid bare in police facts for the December 22 incident shown to a court
The incident came more than three years after she was told the devastating news William had vanished from his foster grandmother’s home on the New South Wales north coast.
She appeared in front of a Sydney magistrate on Monday to plead guilty to assaulting an officer and swearing in a public place at Top Ryde mall, in the city’s inner west, on December 22.
Prosecutors told the court Tyrrell had been acting ‘aggressively’ – apparently toward shoppers – when security guards rang police.