THE ADOPTED son of the founder of Helen and Douglas House was jailed for 12 months after an “angry rampage”.

Kojo Ritchie, of St Mary’s Road, East Oxford, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court last Thursday.

The 27-year-old admitted four counts of criminal damage in Chatham Road, South Oxford, and one count of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place on May 29.

Ritchie, who was born in Ghana, was adopted by Helen and Douglas Hospice founder Sister Frances Dominica, who was seen at the court.

Naomi Perry, prosecuting, said Ritchie was on an “angry rampage” between May 28 and May 29.

She said his ex-partner called the police after he turned up at her Chatham Road home on May 28, crashing a yellow car into a lamppost before quickly driving off.

The prosecutor said Sister Frances called officers at 2.13am, telling police Ritchie had been holding a pair of scissors at her St Mary’s Road home.

Ms Perry added: “She complained the defendant had returned home drunk and had started trashing the house. He had made threats, he was so drunk she could not understand what he was saying.”

The barrister said Ritchie smashed crockery, threw table contents on the floor, pulled lights down from the ceiling and broke a plant pot.

The police were then called at about 2.35am on May 29 to Chatham Road where Ritchie had been seen smashing car windows with a bar before driving off.

Later Ritchie returned home to St Mary’s Road, where he kicked the front door before swearing at police officers at the property and threatening them while holding a metal baseball bat, said Ms Perry.

She said Ritchie continued to “behave erratically”, but eventually threw down the bat.

John Riley, defending, said Ritchie had drank two litres of vodka. He added: “He accepts that what he had done was wrong. He was in a rage, he was drunk, he was out of his mind. It was an occasion when he lost his temper.”

Recorder Simon Blackford said: “It must have been and extremely frightening and unpleasant experience for [Sister Frances].”