A pregnant Griffith mother who fought to keep her son safe, has suffered a callous attack at the hands of her partner who faced Griffith Local Court last month.
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Police arrived on the scene following the woman’s assault in November finding her shaking and crying after the 20-year-old man hit her in the face five times.
The man appeared in court on Tuesday, March 28 and pleaded guilty to destroying or damaging property and not guilty to common assault and stalk/intimidate with the intention of causing fear of physical harm, but was found guilty of all three charges receiving a $200 fine and a 12-month good behaviour bond.
The string of charges followed an argument breaking out between the pair in the woman’s home at around 1.30pm on Friday, November 18 – when the woman asked the man to leave the house throughout their disagreement, he refused.
The couple have a two-year-old child together and at the time of the assault were also caring for the man’s nephew.
The man later received a phone call on the woman’s phone and refused to return it to her, holding onto it as she tried to retrieve it – before hanging up and throwing the phone at the lounge with enough force to break it.
Fearing the man’s nephew witnessing the argument the woman asked her partner to take him home.
But instead the man picked up their two-year-old son and tried to leave the house with the boy.
Upset, the woman told the man he couldn’t take their son as he had no income to support the child, and attempted to get him back.
But the man pushed her away and then hit her in the face a number of times, using both the palm and the back of his hand.
In pain as the man then grabbed her by the neck, the woman continued to try and rescue her son, finally managing to grab him and trying to run.
However, the man stopped her escape and their argument continued.
Ten minutes later she finally managed to leave.
At 2pm Griffith police arrived on the scene and spoke with the woman.
The police obtained a ‘domestic violence evidence in chief’ video recording capturing the aftermath of her assault.
The man was later arrested by police when he voluntarily attended the police station after hearing officers had visited two locations in search of him.