A judge has urged the son of a convicted killer to sort his life out sooner than she did, and take his next spell in jail as an opportunity to "grow up".
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Jordan Matthew Henry Massey was on Friday sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court to a total 19 months in prison, but Justice Richard Refshauge said the term would be suspended after five months.
The 20-year-old, who is the son of Rebecca Massey, has racked up a long list of convictions.
Rebecca Massey is currently on parole for the 2008 Charnwood murder of Elizabeth Booshand, and is also the ex-wife of Alexander Maconochie Centre hard man Matthew Massey.
Friday's sentence accounts for Jordan Massey's most recent lot of convictions, which include driving a stolen car, refusing to provide an oral fluid sample, and riding in a stolen car.
The latter of the charges relates to a crime Massey committed while on bail last month.
The court on Friday heard Justice Refshauge granted Massey conditional liberty on August 10, only for him to smoke a bong of cannabis, not present to police at his front door on August 13, and jump in the back of a stolen car to do "burnouts" and "fishtails" at Isabella Plains on August 15.
Barrister Beth Morrisroe said the "temptation was too great" for Massey while on bail, but his breaches were a "blip". The court heard the car used to do burnouts at Isabella Plains was being driven "erratically" and ended up in an embankment.
"In his own words, it was a completely stupid thing to do," Ms Morrisroe told the court.
"He's kicking himself."
Justice Refshauge said officers found drugs on Massey once he was re-arrested and back in jail.
The first two charges arose from an incident on March 18, which police documents said kicked off after a Moncrieff man reported his Holden Colorado stolen.
The documents said acquaintances of the Moncrieff man saw the vehicle drive past them at speed, so they followed the Colorado and later boxed it in at Wanniassa shopping centre car park.
When Massey and a young woman emerged from the shops and got back to the car, the documents said the acquaintances demanded the 20-year-old hand over the keys, which he did.
The documents said Massey asked if he could get some of his belongings out of the car before he tried to walk off. He was later arrested and refused to undergo a drug screening test.
In the ACT Magistrates Court in March, Special Magistrate Margaret Hunter said the young woman who was allegedly with Massey at Wanniassa had no relation to his "infamous" family name.
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Justice Refshauge had initially considered granting Massey a drug and alcohol treatment order after he was charged with the March 18 offences.
But on Friday, he said Massey's behaviour while on bail meant he had little confidence the 20-year-old would be able to manage while at liberty, which was, "of course, a great pity".
Justice Refshauge suspended Massey's prison sentence from January next year, when he will have to abide by a good behaviour order.
He said he understood Massey's mother was doing well, but that he could get to a good place earlier than she did.
"Really think about what you want to do with your life," Justice Refshauge told Massey.
"I'm giving you some time now to grow up [and] take some control for yourself."
Justice Refshauge disqualified Massey from driving for 12 months.