A man charged with contravening an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) by breaching the no contact condition, was told the nature of the offence had a sense of "perverting the course of justice".
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Joshua Marc Young, aged 32, of Thornton Drive, Penrith, was convicted of the offence and placed on a 12-month conditional release order when he appeared in Mudgee Local Court recently.
The AVO was put in place on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, following a domestic incident.
A fortnight later Young called and spoke to the Person In Need Of Protection (PINOP) before sending them numerous text messages.
Among those he pestered them about court proceedings, including the AVO, and generally made them feel uneasy.
Young had sent a total of 61 messages to the PINOP, who reported the matter at the Mudgee Police Station the following day.
He entered a plea of guilty to the charge 'Contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (Domestic)'.
Upon reading the police facts submitted to the court, Magistrate David Day commented "he's persistent isn't he?"
Police prosecutor Ed Knight added that the nature of the defendant's conduct, namely contacting the PINOP about court matters, bordered on "perverting the course of justice".
Magistrate Day said that even though this incident was different to an accused person interfering with a witness of a criminal incident - because it was an AVO - Young's behaviour was nonetheless "worrying".
In February a Coolah woman was jailed for 22 months with a non-parole period of 16 months for threatening an assault victim after she'd been charged.