A Primrose Hill man has been jailed for missing his unpaid work sessions.
James Shillinglaw, of Cross Lane , was handed a suspended sentence order in December and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
But he missed appointments on January 4 and 11 and was yet to make any progress on the order, Kirklees magistrates were told.
Arshad Khan, mitigating, explained that his client worked the night shift in a fabrics factory.
He said: “Since Christmas the work has increased so the window he had before for unpaid work has disappeared.
“His shifts have now changed back so he will be in a position to complete the order.
“If he has difficulties in respect of his work he needs to contact his probation officer.”
Magistrates activated part of the 28-year-old’s suspended sentence order, jailing him for six weeks.
