Son locked up after visiting his mother
Man breached order – as well as lockdown
A SON has been locked up again after breaching a restraining order for the fifth time by visiting his mother during lockdown.
Stephen Davison had only been out of prison for a fortnight, after being sentenced for his last breach, when he turned up at his mum’s Northumberland home.
A court heard that the 41-yearold was banned from going to the victim’s address last year after harassing her, damaging property and stealing her cash.
Since then, he has been subjected to two restraining orders but has now breached them a total of five times.
On this occasion, on May 13, the victim spotted Davison in her garden on Castle Lea, in Prudhoe, at 8.30am.
North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard that, because she was “sick to death of being pestered by her son”, the woman called the police to tell them where he was.
Now, Davison, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for 26 weeks after he pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order.
District Judge Sarah Griffiths told him: “On this occasion, you went to your mother’s address because you were cold and hungry but, on each occasion, there’s always an excuse.
“The fact is, you can’t go there.
This is the fifth breach of this order. You were only released from prison on April 22 and, already, you have gravitated back to your mother’s. I don’t know what it’s going to take for you to stay away from her. The prison sentences are only going to get longer and longer.”
James Long, prosecuting, said the latest of the two restraining orders was made in March this year and it banned Davison from attending his mum’s home or pestering or harassing her for five years.
“Yesterday morning, his mother was at home in her living room and she became aware that her son was in the front garden, staring through the window,” Mr Long added.
“She waved at him and told him to go away. He said he was cold. She made him a cup of tea, so that he would stay there while she phoned the police.”
Officers arrived on the Northumberland street and arrested Davison after they found him 300m from his mum’s home.
Mr Long said the victim had endured “20 years of problems” Davison and was becoming harder with him, hence why she rang the police.
Paul Oxonard, defending, said Davison had become homeless since his prison release.
He added: “Mr Davison was cold, tired and hungry and didn’t have anywhere else to go. He’s got no accommodation.”