A woman who “didn’t give a toss” about a community order imposed for attacking a man and slicing a piece off his ear has been jailed for six weeks.

Candy Archer, 28, appeared before a judge at Bradford Crown Court yesterday only after he had issued a warrant for her arrest because she was so late.

Archer, of Ascot Parade, Horton Bank Top, Bradford, admitted her fourth breach of the non-custodial penalty for assaulting her sister’s former partner at Bradford’s Forster Square Retail Park on May 15 last year.

Prosecutor Abigail Langford said Archer was believed to holding some sort of weapon when she struck Jason Coates in the face during a confrontation.

The wound was glued at Bradford Royal Infirmary and he was referred to the plastic surgery team because a piece of the ear was missing.

Archer pleaded guilty to causing Mr Coates actual bodily harm and, in January, she was sentenced at the crown court to a 12-month community order with supervision.

Miss Langford said the mother-of-one breached the order in May and July and a residence requirement and curfew were added.

On October 12, the order was revoked for a third breach and Archer was sentenced to a 12-month community order with supervision, a drug rehabilitation requirement (DRR) and 80 hours’ unpaid work.

Miss Langford told the court yesterday: “To say compliance has been poor is perhaps an understatement.”

Archer had done just one hour of unpaid work and had not turned up for her DRR appointments.

The Recorder of Bradford, Judge James Stewart QC, remarked: “She doesn’t give a toss does she?”

Archer has 14 convictions for 28 offences and had spent two previous stretches behind bars.

Her solicitor Anne-Marie Hutton conceded she had “tested the patience of the probation service time after time”.

Miss Hutton asked the judge to give Archer one final chance, saying she was now drug free and realised the error of her ways.

But Judge Stewart told Archer: “You have been given every chance by the court and you cocked a snook at the court.”

He discharged the community order when handing out the prison sentence.