JOBLESS Samuel Dodsworth has been jailed after delaying almost 100 trains when he threatened to jump from a railway bridge twice in four days.
The two delays cost a total of £13,000 and caused traffic disruption on surrounding roads.
Dodsworth, 32, was initially given a six-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to do 100 hours unpaid community work.
But he twice failed to turn up for work and had 28 extra hours added as punishment, Derby Crown Court heard.
Then he was caught stealing waste food from the rear of a Tesco store.
Judge John Burgess reminded Dodsworth that he had been told he would be excused jail if he stayed out of trouble and did the community work.
"You have not kept your part of the bargain. I am keeping mine. You must sort your priorities out," the judge added.
Dodsworth of Dryden Street, Sunnyhill, Derby, admitted two counts of being a public nuisance by delaying trains on the outskirts of Derby and was jailed for 30 weeks.
On August 16 last year, he went onto a railway bridge and threatened to jump.
Police closed roads and Network Rail imposed a speed limit on trains before he was talked down by police, given medical tests and released.
But he returned to the bridge four days later and caused more hold-ups before coming down and being arrested.
At the time, the court was told Dodsworth was shortly to become a father and was about to return to work as a tyre fitter.
He was said to be "undergoing extreme emotional turmoil."
Alex Wolfson, prosecuting, said Dodsworth had recently been caught stealing food left in waste bins at the rear of the Tesco store on Stenson Road, Derby.
The gate had been left open and store owners were unable to put any value on the missing food. Dodsworth admitted theft.
Lauren Sharkey, mitigating, said: "He has found it difficult to comply with the unpaid work."
At the start of the order, Dodsworth was working six days a week because he wanted to have access to his child. But then he became homeless.
"It was the theft of unwanted food from Tesco, which they had put into bins. He didn't cause any damage to get in. The reason for doing it is that he was hungry and didn't have any money.
"He wanted to eat - that was the reason for the offence," added Miss Sharkey.
