A "stupid" son has been given a prison sentence for getting his mum to make him a sandwich.
David McGowan was banned from contacting his mother after getting a restraining order and a suspended prison sentence for stalking her.
But in a bizarre breach of the order, he phoned police to tell them he was going to his mum's house then rang her asking her to make him a sandwich.
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She duly obliged but then police turned up and arrested him.
Now the 33-year-old, of Chestnut Avenue, Blyth, Northumberland, has been jailed for seven months at Newcastle Crown Court.
The court heard McGowan was given a five month suspended prison sentence and a seven year restraining order on October 22 last year for stalking his mum.
He had made 50 calls to her in ten hours and sent text threats in a dispute over money.
But on November 29, while police were looking for him for something else, he rang them saying he was going to his mum's.
John Crawford, prosecuting, said: "He called his mother asking her to make him a sandwich.
"She told him he should not be coming and he said he had told the police he was going to be there.
"He was drunk but there were no other issues and she did give him a sandwich."
McGowan, who has 11 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to breaching the restraining order and breaching the suspended sentence.
He was jailed for seven months but due to time he previously spend on an electronic curfew, he is likely to be released immediately.
The court heard he had already begun to fail to comply with the suspended sentence by the time he committed the new offence.
Judge Tim Gittins told him: "It was relatively minor in the scheme of things but that has to be seen in the context of the circumstances which led to the restraining order being made.
"It's yet another incident causing your mother concern because of how worn down she was by your behaviour."
McGowan was warned that the restraining order not to contact his mum remains in place until October 2028.
Richard Bloomfield, defending, said: "It's a rather stupid breach.
"He went to his mother's to have a sandwich before he was arrested.
"He has served, pretty much, a 25 week sentence."
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