A teenager stole his grandmother’s purse containing £1,150 and spent hundreds on a night out in Birmingham.

Brinsley Forrester, aged 18, felt so bad the next day when he woke up, that he admitted what he had done, returned some of the money and promptly handed himself into police, Walsall magistrates heard.

Forrester stole the purse from his grandmother’s home in Leamore, Walsall, before he hit the city’s pubs and clubs on April 22, the court was told yesterday.

Mr Colin Heald, prosecuting, said he gave £680 of the cash back to his grandmother along with her driving licence, and admitting he had spent the rest and thrown her purse in a nearby pond.

Mrs Ayeisha Khandia, defending, said: “He attended at his grandmother’s home and on the spur of the moment he grabbed her purse.

“He didn’t know how much was in there, and admits that he spent some of it on a night out.

“The next morning when he came to his senses, he returned the rest of the money.”

She said afterwards he approached two police officers on foot patrol in Caldmore and handed himself in, asking them to arrest him.

Forrester, of Patterson Street, Delves, admitted theft.

The teenager, who is expecting a baby with his partner, was said to be “very remorseful” and has not spoken to his grandmother since the theft because his bail conditions prevented him from doing so, despite her trying to contact him.

Mrs Khandia said: “This is the first time he has done anything like this and he is entirely remorseful of his actions.”

Chairman of the magistrates Mr Michael Syrett adjourned the case for pre-sentence reports. He will be sentenced on May 7.