Wallingford – Face of son jailed for strangling own mother

Callum Hunter, of Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, April 17.

The defendant was charged with multiple offences committed in Wallingford on Wednesday, February 4.

Hunter pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order, intentional strangulation and driving a vehicle without insurance.

The court heard the victim in the case was the defendant’s mother.

Alexandra Bushell, prosecuting, told the court that Hunter had a restraining order to not contact his mother after being convicted of harassment in December last year.

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Callum Hunter (Image: TVP)

Therefore Hunter had been living with his grandmother. However his mother would sometimes visit.

Ms Bushell told the court that on one occasion, Mrs Hunter saw her son had been taking drugs and there was an argument.

The barrister said: “He grabbed her round her throat with both hands. He threw her into the living room.”

The court heard that Mrs Hunter had to shield her mother and her sister from the defendant.

Ms Bushell added: “He slammed the front door and kicked it in frustration. This caused fear and anxiety.”

Judge Ian Pringle KC said: “You have had a number of court appearances for matters relating to your mother.

“There was an altercation between you and you strangled her. That is wholly unacceptable behaviour, that really is appalling.”

Hunter was jailed for 18 months and was given a restraining order to not attend his grandmother’s address.

He was also given six penalty points.