A TEENAGER caught snooping in the staffroom at Kidderminster College turned violent, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Brett Cope attacked Valerie Bentley after trying to steal her handbag, said Andrew Lockhart, prosecuting.

Cope, 19, of Chequers Close, Stourport, who admitted attempted theft and assault causing actual bodily harm, was remanded in custody for sentence at a later date by Judge Michael Mott.