A traumatised mum was forced to flee her home after her son turned up drunk, aggressive and threatening to kill her.

Michael Porter was in breach of a five-year restraining order banning him from going within 100 yards of the property in Westgate-on-Sea when he arrived on April 10 this year.

The addict was described as raging, pulling his hair, and bizarrely blaming his mother for "not smuggling him into France for detox", Canterbury Crown Court heard.

Having pursued her to a neighbour's home, he became "more and more furious," said prosecutor Peter Cruickshank.

The threats to kill continued and his mother was left so scared and shaken up she could not speak.

Porter in the meantime returned to her home in Carlton Road East, where he was found by police asleep on a bed and arrested.

In victim impact statements read at the 40-year-old's sentencing hearing on Thursday (September 5), she described her son "getting worked up, madder and madder, in a clear rage".

But she said despite her fear, she felt a sense of shame at having called police on him.

"This incident has made me feel emotionally drained, frightened and frazzled," she wrote.

"I'm scared Michael will take his own life if he doesn't get off the drugs. He is my son and it scares me to see him like this.

"I have never seen him so angry, which caused me to fear for my safety so much I thought I had no choice but to phone the police on my only son. I feel ashamed to say this."

She stated however that she was relieved when he was arrested, adding: "As a mother, the last thing I want is to be in fear of my son."

Her neighbour also told police that he believed Porter, who was "beside himself" with anger, would kill him.

"I feared for my life. It's not every day someone threatens your life and means it. I just wanted to diffuse things and get him away," he explained in his statement.

Porter, of no fixed address, admitted two offences of making threats to kill, possessing cannabis, and breach of a restraining order.

This had been imposed in 2021 following a conviction for offences in relation to his mother of common assault, threats to kill, and criminal damage - just three of the 87 crimes he has notched up over the years.

Porter appeared in court via prison video link.

When told his mum was present, he replied: "Can you tell her I love her?", to which the clerk informed him she had smiled.

Dr Samrat Sengupta, defending, said "chronic" misuse of alcohol and drugs had been at the root of the offences.

But he explained Porter was now taking methadone, which he planned to reduce until no longer needed, and had made good use of his time on remand.

"He is deeply sorry and apologises for his behaviour which caused tremendous distress to his mum, who is his only carer, his only family. He doesn't have friends or any other support," Dr Sengupta added.

A report prepared by the probation service ahead of sentencing concluded there was at present no realistic prospect of rehabilitation, and recommended Porter would actually benefit from a "substantial" term of imprisonment so he could take advantage of the courses offered by the prison service.

Jailing Porter for two years and eight months, Recorder Christine Wilson remarked on his remorse and progress since the offences, telling him that he appeared to be "a very different person" when not taking drugs.

But in explaining that immediate imprisonment was inevitable, she added: "The purpose of sentencing is protecting the public and deterring others from committing crime, as well as punishing the actual offender."

The restraining order remains in force but was extended from five years to indefinite.