A FURIOUS son threatened to kill his terrified mother after viciously grabbing her and pressing his fist against her throat.
He also spat at her, pushed her, damaged items in her home, broke in to the house, stole items and raided her bank account, a court heard.
She was left "absolutely devastated" by his "appalling" behaviour but wanted to forgive him and rebuild their relationship.
Ryan Riley, 20, formerly of Redbourne Road, Grimsby, admitted twice assaulting Rosalind Riley, burgling her home and causing criminal damage.
Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that Riley picked up cups in his mother's home on March 22 and smashed them on the floor in a fit of pique.
He was "losing the plot" and repeatedly shouted: "Do you really want to do my head in?"
He kicked out at a table, causing objects to smash on the floor. His mother tried to telephone the police but he ripped the cit from its socket.
Riley shouted: "What do you think you are doing? Grass."
He later kicked a fence outside the house in Winchester Avenue, Grimsby, and shouted: "You call yourself a mother. You're a tramp."
He spat at her, hitting her in the face. She asked him to leave, lost her temper and threatened him with her walking stick. He ran off.
On March 31, Riley demanded £10 from his mother. There was an argument and he became aggressive.
He pushed her on to a sofa and told her to shut up. He baited her – "in an act of sheer spitefulness" – about problems she had suffered with her ex-husband. He later kicked a door in a rage and she feared for her safety.
Riley grabbed her by her clothes and pressed his fist against her throat, shouting that he would kill her.
Both fell to the floor and he stood over her. She screamed at him and he pushed her back towards the sofa.
He left and smashed a glass panel.
In a burglary on April 3, Riley forced open doors at his mother's home at about 4am, ripped a TV off the wall and took an iPad, an iPhone and a tin of tobacco. He later stole £140 from bank accounts using her cards.
"She was absolutely devastated that her son could break in to her house and do this to her," said Mr Evans.
Mrs Riley told the court that she wanted to rebuild her relationship with her son but did not want him to live at her home.
Richard Hackfath, mitigating, said that Riley had been in custody for about four months. He was not asked to provide any further mitigation.
Judge Mark Bury told Riley: "You behaved appallingly towards your mother. You know you did – being abusive to her, spitting at her, breaking in to her property, pushing her around the house and burgling her house in the middle of the night.
"She forgives you and wants you to continue a relationship with her.
"You have expressed remorse and want to make it up to her. I am going to give you that opportunity."
Riley was jailed for eight months but, because of his time in custody, was expected to be released shortly.
