A young man spared jail for trying to strangle his estranged mother as she slept has been locked up.

Jordan Parr, 20, was given 15 months’ detention at Carlisle Crown Court earlier this year after he admitted assaulting Rachel Chambers in her Whitehaven home in March last year.

Having repeatedly tried to throttle her, Parr was also said to have pushed her down a flight of stairs.

Judge Peter Davies suspended a custodial sentence in January after hearing details of Parr’s “troubled upbringing.”

Judge Davies ordered him to complete 80 hours of unpaid work and imposed a 50-day rehabilitation requirement.

But Parr came face-to-face with the judge again at the crown court having flouted the terms of the suspended sentence.

Prosecutor Tim Evans said Parr had failed to report for unpaid work on several occasions, even after being sent a warning letter. He gave the excuse of “over-sleeping” but was told that was “unacceptable”.

Parr had completed just 22 hours of unpaid work. In addition he had chalked up only seven of the required 50 rehabilitation sessions.

In summary, Mr Evans said: “Bluntly, the probation service think he is not particularly bothered about complying with the order.”

Greg Hoare, defending, suggested that activation of the suspended sentence “may be disproportionate and have a damaging effect upon his future behaviour”.

The judge told Parr, of Gameriggs Road, Whitehaven, his recent behaviour had meant there was no other alternative to immediate custody.