A Judge has said ‘enough is enough’ and locked up a father-of-two father who breached his suspended prison sentence order for 11 months.

Jamie Bridson, of Wellington Court, Accrington, was handed a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for 24 months with 140 hours unpaid work earlier this year after admitting an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

However Burnley Crown Court heard how he had only done 36 hours since the order was imposed in July and he was later ‘suspended’ from unpaid work.

Judge Beverley Lunt said Bridson ‘is a nightmare when he is on supervision’ and ‘attracts conflict and tries to manipulate probation offices’. Bridson, 26, pleaded guilty to breaching the suspended sentence order and was jailed.

The court heard how Bridson disputed claims he had not tried to keep in contact with the probation service.

Kimberley Ombrusik, prosecuting, said enquiries had been made to see if had made calls to the probation office or to legal services in Liverpool however there was ‘no record of any calls whatsoever’.

The court heard how Bridson later attended the probation office on November 5 and placed two mobile phones ‘face down on the table’ during a meeting.

Miss Ombrusik said the meeting ‘ended quickly’ after they ‘suspected he was tape recording them’.

She said: “As far as the order is concerned he has been suspended from unpaid work. He is not welcome back with unpaid work so that is not an option open to him in the future.”

Lucy Wright, defending, said there was ‘no malice’ in Bridson recording the conversation and said he only did it in case ‘he forgot any portion of it’.

She said: “He regrets bitterly the way he behaved in respect of unpaid work, his instructions to me are that he was idiotic and arrogant.

“He is someone who is not perhaps the best equipped to deal with situations when he becomes frustrated.”

Miss Wright said Bridson was prepared to pay for the mobile data from EE to prove he made the calls to probation.

However Judge Lunt said: “Enough is now enough. This is not workable.“You haven’t worked at it in the past. I gave you a chance, several chances now, it can’t happen.

“I’m going to activate the suspended sentence.”