Buzz Smith, of Shields Road, Sunderland, pleaded guilty to two counts of ABH and one count of theft at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to 28 months in jail at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday 31 January.
The court heard how on Thursday 8 April 2021, shortly after 21.00, Smith approached a 17-year-old boy as he walked from Brockley Whins Metro station in South Shields.