A man has come before Griffith Local Court for breaching an AVO by sending text messages threatening to kill a victim and their partner.
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Dean Jason Patterson, also known as Dean Cluney and Dean Ingram, 28, was charged with the breach, and for stalking and intimidation - charges which breached two community corrections orders (CCOs), one for the same type of offence and another for drug possession.
Police facts tendered to court outlined that on September 12, he was previously placed on a 12 month community corrections order for stalking and intimidating the same victim.
In January, he had been denied bail following his arrest for failing to appear in court, and appeared in Griffith Local Court on last Wednesday via video link.
On October 12, Patterson made texts threatening to "bash" a victim.
He was arrested, and maintained his "no comment" position during an interview.
He was given bail in court at the time, with the condition he wasn't to go near the victim and any prosecution witnesses.
On December 1, he texted the victim again making further threats.
Despite the fact he was on two corrections orders, despite the AVO, he continues to breach both.
- Magistrate Bolous
Due for a court appearance in January, he failed to appear and a warrant was executed for his arrest.
He was subsequently denied bail.
Represented by Susie Gidlow, she said while the texts were threatening, he had no history of actual violence.
Magistrate Joy Boulos, while accepting he hadn't been violent in the past, said the texts represented "serious threats of domestic violence" and denounced his behaviour.
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"Despite the fact he was on two corrections orders, despite the AVO, he continues to breach both," she said.
"His attitude is concerning."
He received a nine month jail term for the recent breach of the AVO, nine months for the associated stalking charge, and a conviction without penalty for the failure to appear.
The second call up for a CCO relating to drug-possession in April, he received a one month jail term.
The second CCO breach for the October stalking landed him six months jail.
These terms will be served by an overall sentence of 14 months in jail, backdated to his arrest date.