Vile son, 56, moved back in with his elderly mum then abused and stole off her

A man who abused his own elderly mum, stole her wedding rings and used her bank account left her ‘fearing for what was coming next’.

Darren Mayman moved in with the 78-year-old after being released from prison. He was due to stay with her and her husband temporarily, but ended up living with them on a ‘permanent basis’.

He would play music loudly, heavily drink alcohol and take drugs and would verbally abuse her, Minshull Street Crown Court heard. “He referred to himself as ‘Jesus Christ’,” prosecutor Peter Malone said.

His behaviour was described as ‘unpredictable and unreasonable’, in that he told her she had to divorce her husband and said to ‘choose between them’.

Mayman, 56, influenced the decision to put her husband in a care home and said she also needed to move into one, adding that the couple should ‘go to hell’.

“When the defendant sold his home he put the proceeds into her bank account. She told him to open his own bank account so she could still be entitled to her pension,” Mr Malone said.

“He refused so she lost her pension money. He also took her bank card and started ordering parcels in her name, buying things for himself and not for the house. He did not contribute to the bills.”

Later during the three year campaign of abuse, he dumped large bags of rubbish outside of her room so that she was unable to go inside. She had to sleep on a small sofa.

The court heard Mayman would shout at her, swear at her friends and expose himself, causing them to feel uncomfortable. He would also carry knives around the house which made her feel ‘scared’.

“The defendant was erratic, he would isolate her from her friends, calling one of them a witch and telling another he would ‘give them cancer,” the prosecutor added.

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