Thomas Walsh, 39, attacked his mum at her house in Landbeach, near Cambridge, after she took away his speaker so he couldn't play loud music.

Walsh ran at his mum in a fit of rage and stabbed her in the head with a fork.

He also pinned her to the floor and demanded that she hand over her phone.

He released her when she threw her phone across the room.

Walsh's mother escaped to a neighbour's house after the row and called the police, but when officers arrived, Walsh had left in a car that he didn't have permission to drive.

He was later pulled over and arrested by police in Cambridge after reports came in that he was driving recklessly with a damaged door, a shredded tyre, and a dog in the passenger seat.

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Walsh, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to two years in prison for assault at Cambridge Crown Court last week (8 February) and banned from driving for three years. He was also handed sentences for other offences including shoplifting, threatening behaviour and dangerous driving, to run concurrent.

PC Alec Cunningham, who investigated, said: “Walsh’s erratic behaviour towards his own mother left her fearing for her life, while his driving could have caused serious injury to himself and other road users.

“He has shown himself to be violent, aggressive and unpredictable and I hope he gets the help he needs while in prison to change his behaviour.”