A Cowra man has narrowly escaped full time jail at Cowra Local Court on April 3.
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Bradley Thomas Blair, 27, of Yarmbildine Place received a 12-month Intensive Corrections Order for common assault and stalk/intimidate and a 12-month Community Corrections Order for larceny, destroy or damage property and possession of a restricted substance.
Blair was also ordered to abstain from drugs.
According to police facts, sometime between 2pm on August 4, 2018 and 11.19am on August, 31, 2018, Blair became involved in an argument with his victim in a home in Orange.
The victim tried to leave when Blair punched the victim on the right side of the head and pushed them. The victim struggled towards the couch and was again struck by Blair.
The victim and Blair then left the premises, with the victim driving Blair to an unknown location.
On August 30, police say the victim received a phone call from Blair, who said "If I go to jail I am going to jump on your head first".
The victim reported the matter to police.
In another incident, police reports say on 4.43am and 5.45am on August 28, 2018 in Orange, a witness observed Blair and another male smash a vehicle's window.
Blair and the co-accused searched inside the vehicle and then walked to a nearby fast food outlet.
Police attended the fast food outlet and saw Blair and the other person walking towards the male handicapped toilets.
Police told the pair to stop, however they refused.
Blair's co-accused had to be forcibly removed when police found him with razor blades, a yellow rubber glove and a black fingerless glove.
The male was cautioned, arrested and searched.
Police found one set of three keys with filed edges, a glove, drill bits, an Allen key, shortened screw driver and batteries.
Police also located 54 Brenstop tablets, which are used for the treatment of Parkinson's.
Blair was placed under arrest, cautioned and searched. Police found a torch and 10 Valium tablets.
Mr Blair's solicitor, Mr Gration, said his client was trying to turn his life around.
"He is enrolled in a TAFE course... a lot of history relates to when he was a child, Since 2015, he has had no further dishonest or violent offences," Mr Gration said.
However Magistrate Michael O'Brien said Blair "just isn't getting the message".
"It's a tragedy to see a young man throwing his life away, with no aims or plans other than to appear before the court," Magistrate O'Brien said.
"He receives a modest income from Newstart and squanders it on drugs."
Magistrate O'Brien said that while Blair had a troubled upbringing, he had to show some responsibility now that he has children.
"With all of the intervention offered to Mr Blair... unless he grasps the seriousness of his condition, he is going to be a statistic," Magistrate O'Brien said.
"Mr Blair needs to understand, no one wants to see him in trouble.
"At some point, enough is enough. Hes not a child, he's an adult, he has to grow up. He needs to make these choices or he will be seeing them [his children] through glass."
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