A son threatened to put his mother's "head through a window" after she refused to let him use her car before smashing a mirror and telling her "This will be your f****** head". He also left her threatening voice mail messages in which he called her a "horrible c***".
On March 8, Connor Webber, 26, of Merthyr Tydfil, asked his mother Claire for a lift to a shop and told her he was taking her car. She told him she would phone the police if he did as he didn't have a licence.
A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Tuesday heard Webber responded: "Phone them, I don't give a f***, tell them to hurry up, I'll put your head through the window". He left the room but the victim heard smashing noises in another part of the house.
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She called the police and went into the defendant's bedroom where a large mirror had been smashed. Webber told him "This will be your f****** head".
Prosecutor Bethan Evans said the police were called and the defendant moved out of his mother's home. But he kept calling her partner, asking for money and threatened to "put the door trough". He later left her voice notes on Facebook, in which he said: "You're a horrible f****** c*** mum, one of the most horrible c****" and "For f****** starters you lying little c***, how can you be skint, you have been f****** nowhere".
Ms Webber said she was "afraid" of her son and described him as "aggressive and nasty" when he didn't get what he wanted. She was worried about the defendant turning up at her home and "carrying out his threat".
The court heard Webber was also being dealt with for drug driving after he was stopped by police in Avenue De Clichy, in Merthyr Tydfil, at 1am on December 3 last year. He was driving a Ford Fiesta but he appeared to be under the influence of drugs, as his speech was slurred and he was drowsy.
He underwent a road side drug swipe which tested positive and after providing a sample of blood, he was found to have 329mg of amphetamine per litre of blood. The defendant was also found to be an unlicensed and uninsured driver.
Webber, of Cross Margaret Street, later pleaded guilty to criminal damage, drug driving, driving with no insurance and licence, and possession of amphetamine and cannabis. The court heard he was in breach of a suspended sentence for possession with intent to supply cannabis.
In mitigation, Emily Jermin said her client was "regretful" of his actions which had been fueled by his addiction to amphetamine which had "taken over his life". She said the defendant's family remained supportive of him, and since his remand in prison he had been diagnosed with ADHD.
Sentencing, Recorder Greg Bull KC said: "If you carry on taking drugs your spate of offending will spiral and will destroy your life." he sentenced Webber to eight months imprisonment suspended for 18 months. He was also ordered to carry out a 15 day rehabilitation activity requirement and disqualified from driving for two years."
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