It was a case of like father, like son when Connor John Prendergast quickly followed his father Michael from the Greymouth District Court yesterday, both on their way to Christchurch Men's Prison.
Michael Prendergast, 49, of Cobden, was sentenced to two months in prison for refusing to complete a community work sentence.
He had been sentenced in October to 60 hours' community work but told the probation officer he had no intention of even starting it.
When Judge Stephen O'Driscoll said to him yesterday, "So, what do you think Mr Prendergast ... two months?" he replied, "What? Two months for just 60 hours' community work? A bit less would be better."
"Not with your previous convictions," the judge said.