By Court Reporter
Recovering heroin addict Andrew Barnes assaulted his seriously ill elderly father after a row in his parents Seaview home. A RECOVERING heroin addict who left his seriously ill elderly father breathless after he pushed him against a television and to the floor, convinced Isle of Wight magistrates he deserved a chance to get off drugs rather than be jailed. Andrew Mark Barnes admitted assaulting his elderly father, Ronald Barnes, 84, by beating, on the afternoon of March 16. Barnes, who was living with his parents in Sandcove Rise, Seaview, attacked his father following a heated row in his bedroom.