Man pleads guilty to threatening his grandmother in 'appalling' incident

The 26-year-old man was sentenced in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court this week after he pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful assault and threatening to inflict serious injury.

The court heard on December 21 last year, the 78-year-old woman was at home with her daughter when the offender returned to the property.

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An argument started between the man and his grandmother, and the woman threw a cup in his direction although the item did not hit him.

The man then went to the kitchen, armed himself with a knife, and pointed the weapon at his grandmother.

The court heard the man said to her, "I already stabbed my brother, I won't hesitate to stab you".

The man tried to come at his wheelchair-bound grandmother with the knife, but the woman's daughter intervened and stopped the man before he left the property.

Defence lawyer Deniz Yildirim told the court the man's grandmother died two months ago and the man still held "deep regret and remorse" for his actions.

Mr Yildirim said his client realised he needed help for his anger management issues and was willing to complete a program.

The defence lawyer said as the man had not reoffended in eight months, an extensive community corrections order would be an appropriate sentence.

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Magistrate Megan Aumair said the man was "looking down the barrel of imprisonment".

"It was extremely violent behaviour to a vulnerable victim," Ms Aumair said. "I'm appalled by this."

The man told the magistrate he was "disgusted" by his actions and he knew he should not have acted in such a disgusting way.

Ms Aumair had the man assessed for a corrections order and he was found unsuitable.

But the magistrate said she would "give him a chance" on a corrections order.

"If you breach it, you will go to jail," Ms Aumair said. "You won't be getting more chances."

The man was convicted and sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order with 150 hours of unpaid community work.

As part of the order, he will have to complete anger management programs and mental health treatment.

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