A 36-year-old man "sofa-surfing" at his mother's house viciously punched her in the face after losing his temper because she was playing music when he wanted to sleep.
She fled to a neighbour's house but he later hurled abuse at her and angrily demanded to be let into the house again, Hull Crown Court heard.
Daniel Lovick, 36, formerly of Dodthorpe, Orchard Park, Hull, admitted assaulting his mother, causing actual bodily harm, on September 28.
Amber Hobson, prosecuting, said that Lovick's mother was socialising at her home with two other sons and a neighbour and her son and they were having some drinks.
She later turned the music off and was talking to her neighbour's son after his mother had left, Hull Live reports.
Lovick came downstairs and told her: "I have warned you – warned you about taking the p**s."
He then punched twice her in the face quickly, causing bruising to her face, including to her eye and her chin.
She left and went to the home of her neighbour, who contacted the police. The mother returned to her home with the neighbour at 10.45pm but Lovick had left.
"She locked her doors and her windows," said Miss Hobson. "A few minutes later, she heard banging at her front door.'
Lovick shouted: "Let me in, you f***ing rat. I will put all of your windows out if you don't let me in." She telephoned the police. Her son left but he returned and demanded to be let in and shouted: "You rat."
Humberside Police arrived and Lovick was arrested. He denied assaulting his mother and told police that he had been awoken by loud music and had gone down to ask those who were there to turn it down.
He had later gone out to "score weed" from a friend's house. When he came back, he found himself locked out. He admitted shouting at about 6am, asking to be let in. He claimed that the injury to his mother was an old one or could have been self-inflicted. He said of his mother: "I don't care."
Lovick had convictions for 35 previous offences, nine of them involving assaults, between 2001 and 2014. He had previously been jailed for two years and three months for assault causing actual bodily harm, assault and criminal damage.
Cathy Kioko-Gilligan, mitigating, said that Lovick had been "sofa surfing" and was homeless before being remanded in custody.
He did not want to go back to taking drugs when he was released from prison but he realised that this was "unrealistic" and that it would be a "steady road to recovery". The key factor in that would be finding somewhere to live.
Lovick accepted that he could not go to live at his mother's home. "There is no issue with that," said Miss Kioko-Gilligan. "Arrangements can be made to collect his property."
Father-of-two Lovick had previously worked in a fish and chip shop and had done docks work.
Judge Mark Bury told Lovick that there was a "row over music being played when you and your brother were trying to get to sleep" at the home that he shared with his mother.
"You went downstairs in a temper and punched her twice in the face in quick succession," said Judge Bury. "That caused some unpleasant bruising to the face. She went to a neighbour for sanctuary and to call the police.
"Your mother was not physically able to fight back. She has got to the point where she just couldn't be doing with you anymore." The bruises were "nasty" but her attitude had since "mellowed" towards Lovick and she was prepared to speak to him but she did not want him at her house.
Lovick was jailed for 16 months and was given a three-year restraining order, banning him from Dodthorpe.
