A 30-year-old Cowra man has been given a 12-month intensive corrections order at Cowra Local Court on Wednesday, May 8.
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Grant McVean-Synnerdahl of Bourke Street was before the court charged with damaging property and common assault.
According to police facts he was charged after events which began around 8.30am on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.
The victim woke and went to make a bottle for a child, while this was occurring McVean-Synnerdahl went to the lounge room complaining of a headache and being tired.
In the victim's words, McVean-Synnerdahl then went "schitzo" throwing items around the lounge room.
He was told to leave by the victim, and as he did, he turned around and rushed the victim, grabbing the victim by the hair and pushing them up against a door.
The victim then fell to the floor, hurting their hand and knee. A witness then came out and told McVean-Synnerdahl to leave.
McVean-Synnerdahl's solicitor Clive Hill told the court the incident was a once off and wouldn't happen again.
"Drugs were a factor, he had recently lost his job, was under a lot of stress and was suffering from a lack of sleep," he said.
"He got into a cycle of arguments before this incident, this was spontaneous and won't happen again."
Magistrate Michael O'Brien said those were the "famous last words" when it came to domestic violence incidents.
"His criminal history doesn't attest to any meaningful assurances, he has no income but can afford illicit drugs," he said.
"The sentence assessment report may say this is an isolated incident, but not his criminal history. He has lost his liberty in the past due to offending of a similar nature.
"This has been going on for years, and years, and years. The taxpayer would be chuffed to know their hard-earned dollars are going to providing you with illicit drugs.
"Wake up to yourself because if you breach this order you can expect to serve the rest of it in prison," he said.
McKay was also fined $200 for damaging a speaker during the incident.
