Mum tells leeching Leeds son 'I can't take this anymore' as he is returned to jail
He continues to track her down despite moving addresses
A cash-strapped son who refuses to leave his mother alone has been returned to jail, with the downtrodden woman telling him: "I can't live like this anymore."
A five-year restraining order imposed by a court has failed to deter Andrew Baker from terrorising the "petrified" woman and his persistent badgering for money.
The 37-year-old appeared at Leeds Crown Court this week where he admitted four more breaches of the order.
It was heard that Baker has a lengthy history of harassment which has even forced his mother to move addresses, although he continues to track her down.
Having been released from his last sentence in late August, he saw and approached his mother in Leeds city centre on September 10, asking her for money.
She gave him £28 in the hope he would leave her alone, but he said he wanted more, so she bought him food from McDonald's.
The next day he called her up and asked for more money, but she hung up.
Later that day he saw her on Kirkgate and he approached her and again asked for money.
He followed her around Leeds city centre and continued to badger her until she gave him £5.
Baker later got on the same bus and she gave him £10 so he would not make a scene.
He was finally arrested on September 18 on Vicar Lane.
At the police station he refused to to leave his cell to be interviewed, but told officers his mother's allegations were lies.
Baker later admitted the restraining order breaches.
He appeared in court over a video link from HMP Leeds.
In a victim impact statement by his mother, read to the court, she said it had taken its toll on her mental health.
She added: "He has taken all of my money so I do not have any for myself.
"I'm petrified of him. I can't live like this anymore."
Baker, who is homeless, has 41 previous convictions for 86 offences, including for violence and 10 breaches of restraining orders.
Mitigating, Oliver Kilvington said Baker was stuck in cycle from which he struggled to break free - being freed from prison, having nowhere to go and needing to ask his mother for money in order to eat.
He added: "He feels he has no adult support around him.
"He does want to change his life around, he explains to me that he is trying but is really stuck in this cycle."
The judge, Recorder Catherine Silverton told Baker: "This is a sad case. You are in a cycle of offending that you have been unable to break.
"Your sentences will only get longer."
She jailed from another 28 months and handed him a new 10-year restraining order.