article_snippet: Nottingham Crown Court heard Parkes, of Bestwood, Nottingham, has mild learning difficulties and is on medication for depression.
article_snippet: Steven Gosnell, defending, acknowledged it was a peculiar case and said Parkes was never intending to cause injury.
article_snippet: Parkes said: 'Parkes, who lost Parkes job, did what Parkes did on the spur of the moment and has apologised.'