A DRUG and alcohol fuelled man who threatened to kill his mother with a Samurai sword has been jailed for 19 months.

Ian Bailey was taking a large amount of cocaine after the death of his father when he menaced Lorraine Bailey with the weapon on August 25 and said he would smash up her home with a hammer.

Bailey, 25, who was living at Birch Street, Girlington, with his mother, was angered when he thought she wasn't paying him enough attention, Bradford Crown Court heard.

He shouted, slammed the door and shouted abuse before throwing a crate of milk on the ground.

Prosecutor James Gelsthorpe said Bailey fetched a Samurai sword and threatened to kill his mother and smash up the property with a hammer.

He walked a mile to another family member's home in Helmsley Street, East Bowling, carrying the sword. The court heard he was shouting and bawling and threatening to burn down his mother's house.

He waved the sword, unsheathing it at one stage, and a hammer.

Arrested shortly afterwards, when he came quietly, Bailey told the police: "Where is this Samurai sword? It's all lies."

He went on to plead guilty to making a threat to kill Mrs Bailey and two offences of having a bladed article, in Birch Lane and Helmsley Street.

The court heard Bailey had previous convictions for 27 offences, including threatening his mother. He had breached community orders 14 times.

He was currently serving an 18 week jail sentence for harrassing a former partner by threatening to slit her throat.

Bailey's solicitor advocate, Ashok Khullar, said this was the first time he had been in prison.

He began taking "significant amounts" of cocaine after his father died in June.

He was now drug and alcohol free, taking courses in prison and hoping to became a landscape gardener.

Judge Neil Davey QC said Bailey had a history of alcohol and drugs misuse that was at the root of his offending.

There was also a background of difficulties between the defendant and his mother.

Bailey deserved credit for his guilty pleas, sparing his mother the ordeal of coming to court to testify against him.