A MAN who allegedly threatened to put a knife through the throat of his victim and her children during a series of family violence incidents was denied bail on Wednesday.
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The 41 year-old, who The Courier has chosen not to name, showed blatant disregard for intervention orders for a number of months, police informant Leading Senior Constable Greg Mitchell told the Ballarat Magistrates Court.
“In my 20 years of policing, I would put the accused in my top five at risk of reoffending,” Leading Senior Constable Mitchell said.
The court heard the man had been the accused in 17 family violence incidents since 2009 with 10 different females.
The court heard that on July 6, after a verbal argument at a Wendouree address, the accused grabbed the victim’s throat, pinning her against a wall, before he was stabbed by another person in the house.
Leading Senior Constable Mitchell told the court the accused assaulted three people in the house before fleeing on-foot.
Later that month, after an intervention order was placed on the accused, another verbal argument resulted in the accused pinning the victim up against a wall by her throat and threatening to put a knife through the throat of her and her children, Leading Senior Constable Mitchell said.
Leading Senior Constable Mitchell said the victim lived in terror of the accused and would not support another intervention order against the man for fear of repercussions.
The man was charged with assault and breaking two intervention orders and a suspended sentence.
Defence lawyer David Tamanika said current police evidence in relation to the alleged assaults wasn’t strong enough to warrant a conviction.
Mr Tamanika said aside from a few fail to appear at court charges, his client had no significant violence charges hanging over him.
In opposing the man’s bail application, police prosecutor Senior Constable Steve Kent said the accused’s appalling family violence record meant he was at risk of reoffending if released.
Magistrate Peter Mithen said the victim would be in danger if he bailed the accused, and remanded him to reappear at the Ballarat Magistrates Court on October 28.