It took a prosecutor more than one hour to read summaries of a man's offences related to 62 charges at court on Wednesday.
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Scott Poulton appeared via video link from custody at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to the charges.
The court heard the offending ranged from February 2020 to October 2020 and included driving offences, family violence and breaches of registered sex offender reporting conditions.
Magistrate Noreen Toohey said the offending was serious and the court needed more time than was available on Wednesday to deal with it properly.
Senior Constable Clint Prebble said Poulton threw his former partner on the floor, causing her to gash her forehead in July 2020.
Poulton then headbutted her and strangled her with both hands for three or four seconds.
The victim had blood coming out of her ears, a gash in her head she was dribbling and drooling and could not eat for days, according to the police summary.
Senior Constable Prebble said on August 1, Poulton set a fire in the front main bedroom of his rental property in Alfredton.
The court heard his ex-partner arrived home and called triple zero and firefighters extinguished the fire.
A fire investigator and arson chemist attended the scene and confirmed the fire was most likely caused by Poulton pouring fuel over the floor and furnishings.
Senior Constable Prebble said Poulton made admissions to the fire which caused $60,000 damage to the premises.
Poulton also pleaded guilty to speeding and drug driving on a number of occasions.
On April 17 2020, he accelerated onto the Western Freeway at Bacchus Marsh, causing his tyres to lose traction before speeding at 160km/h in a 110km/h.
He was also charged with driving unlicensed and breaching conditions of bail, including sending dozens of messages containing derogatory comments to his ex-partner.
A number of charges relate to Poulton breaching his sex offender register obligations by not notifying police of changes of address, email address and online accounts.
In October 2020 police saw Poulton driving erratically in Lucas and he failed to stop on police direction, continuing to speed away.
One week later he was seen driving out of Victoria Park, overtaking cars on the wrong side of the road and overtaking stationary cars in built up traffic.
Police called off their pursuit due to the dangerous nature of driving.
The court heard Poulton later drove to Snake Valley where he parked his car in a paddock and set it alight.
Police checks showed the car had been stolen from a Sebastopol property in September.
Poulton was also charged with petrol drive offs and using stolen registration plates.
It took more than an hour for Senior Constable Prebble to read the eight police summaries.
The case was adjourned to later in April when defence submissions will be made.
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