‘I’M HERE TO STAB YOU’
A COURT has heard a man told his partner, “Hello baby, I am here to stab you in the head”, after knocking on her door in the early hours of the morning.
The man, who allegedly terrorised his mother and former partner for months, did not enter a plea in Southport Magistrates Court for multiple instances of contravening his domestic violence order.
He was denied bail on Saturday, with Magistrate Andrew Sinclair saying there was an unacceptable risk of the man reoffending.
“HELLO baby, I am here to stab you in the head”.
Those were the haunting words a Gold Coast man allegedly said as he knocked on his ex-partner’s door in the early hours of the morning.
The man who was allegedly terrorising his mother and former partner for months was denied bail on Saturday after repeatedly failing to appear in court.
The 25-year-old hospitality worker did not enter a plea in Southport Magistrates Court for multiple instances of contravening his domestic violence order.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to appear in court.
The court heard the first instance of contravening his domestic violence order was in May 2016.
The man, who legally cannot be named, allegedly knocked on his former partner’s door in the early hours of a morning in May last year.
When she didn’t answer, the man allegedly knocked again. The court heard the woman looked through the glass on the door to see the man there.
“Hello baby, I am here to stab you in the head,” he allegedly said.
In another incident the man allegedly assaulted his mother.
The man was taken into police custody on Friday night for allegedly living with his mother in breach of the domestic violence order.
Defence lawyer Dave Garratt, of Howden Saggers Lawyers, said the man was under the influence of alcohol at the time.
He said he was unsure why he was living with his mother and whether she had invited him or was in fear of him.
Magistrate Andrew Sinclair denied the man bail as he was an unacceptable risk of reoffending.
He also sentenced him to a total of 42 days jail for the two fails to appear.
The sentence was suspended immediately for a period of 12 months.