At least there is some justice...
The mother of wild party boy Corey Worthington has been fined for trying to prevent police arresting her son at their family home.
Joanne Delaney attempted to prevent her son's arrest weeks after a riotous house party of 500 drunk teenagers in January, a court has heard.
Ms Delaney was placed on a good behaviour bond and fined $500 for pushing a police officer in the chest.
When police knocked on the door of the Narre Warren home on February 6, Ms Delaney, 44, was resting in bed suffering from a migraine, her lawyer Fiona Todd told the Dandenong Magistrates Court.
The mother of three was struggling to cope with the aftermath of the party which Corey held while his parents were away.
The party attracted huge media attention when police helicopters and the dog squad were called in.
The court was told when police visited the house to arrest Worthington weeks after the party, Ms Delaney answered the door and invited officers inside but tried to prevent them going through a doorway.
When she was asked to move aside and refused, Ms Delaney was shifted by a police officer.
She then pushed the officer's chest with both her hands but was moved aside again.
Ms Delaney was later charged with one count of hindering police. She pleaded guilty to that charge.
A charge of assaulting police was withdrawn.
Ms Todd said her client's family was under great stress at the time police attended the house after the public spotlight had been on them.
"She looks forward to a time when the matter is behind her," Ms Todd told the court.
Magistrate Peter Reardon accepted that Ms Delaney's actions were spontaneous, not premeditated, and driven by a sense of loyalty to her son.
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