A Cowra man with what the court described as "a very lengthy record made up almost entirely of violence" will be behind bars until at least January 7.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Sean Ovington, 24, plead guilty to two charges of stak/intimidate and one charge of breaching a public health order when he appeared in Cowra Local Court via audio visual link on August 3.
"He's got a 35 or 36 page record which only started in 2016," magistrate Jillian Kiely said during sentencing.
Ovington of Brisbane Street, Cowra and formerly of Canowindra, has been in police custody since July 8 during which time his father passed away.
He was refused bail by police on July 8 and then by the Local Court on July 11.
"He wasn't able to attend his funeral," Ovington's solicitor told the court.
The court was also told Ovington would lose his housing if he was jailed for an extended period and as his father had passed away he would have nowhere to live when released.
"I'd ask for an Intensive Corrections Order (ICO) to prove he can remain in the community and rehabilitate. He wants to work with parole and get a job," his solicitor said.
Arguing against an ICO the police said Ovington had received Community Correction Orders in the past and had more than one attempt at rehabilitation "but continues the same type of offences".
Sentencing Ovington to an aggregate sentence of 12 months, with a non-parole period of six months, on the three charges magistrate Kiely made note of his "repeat offending".
"Given his repeated offending I don't think any conditions I could impose would stop him committing offences. He really needs to address his drug problem and anger management problems," Ms Kiely said.
Police documents tabled in court revealed that Ovington was involved in two incidents of stalk/intimidate, the first on July 2 and the second on July 8 this year.
Police said on July 2 he had knocked on the door of his victim asking for his bank debit card.
When Ovington's victim slid it under the door instead of answering, police documents revealed he became aggressive saying, "I'm gonna kick your door down" and "I'm gonna bash yah".
On July 8 Ovington, police said, visited the same victim and asked to use a mobile phone.
Police said the victim took a shower while Ovington used the phone and he became aggressive calling the victim derogatory terms when the victim received a message on the phone from another person.
Ovington, police said, made threats against his victim.
Police said on June 22 Ovington contacted Cowra Court to tell them he could not attend court due to a positive COVID test.
When police visited his home on June 23 he was not there, leading to the charge of failing to abide by a public health order.