The 22-year-old pleaded guilty in the County Court this week to intentionally damaging property, aggravated burglary, common law assault, and intentionally causing injury.

The court heard that on a night in 2019 the man threw eggs at the victim's lounge room window while yelling obscenities.

The victim opened the front door slightly, telling him to leave.

The man then kicked the front door, smashing a glass pane. He then used an outdoor chair to smash the lounge room window, causing it to shatter.

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The man then removed glass pieces from the window frame and climbed through the window, cutting his hands and jacket.

The man punched the victim with a closed fist to the left side of her jaw, the court was told.

The woman fell to the ground and the man kicked her three times to the head, face, and leg.

Police were called to the home. The victim did not seek medical attention but did receive a bruise to her leg and swelling to her face.

The man was arrested later that day and made admissions to police.

The court heard the man had been binge drinking and using drugs since he was 15 years old. He started using ice at the age of 17.

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Defence lawyer Nicholas Rolfe told the court the man had been using drugs at the time of the offending.

The court heard the man had difficulty coping with the separation from his former partner and had issues with anxiety and depression.

But Judge Susan Pullen said the offending was still "entirely inappropriate".

She also noted the man had prior convictions for contravening family violence orders and criminal damage.

Judge Pullen said she took into consideration in her sentencing that the man was only 22 years old and had pleaded guilty at an early stage.

But she said she needed to consider the protection of the community and she had "guarded optimism" for his rehabilitation prospects.

The man was sentenced to three years in jail with a non-parole period of 22 months.

If he had not pleaded guilty, he would have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison, with a non-parole period of four years.

The man has already served 213 days in pre-sentence detention.

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