The 34-year-old man appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court last week where he pleaded guilty to charges including contravening a family violence intervention order.

The court heard the man had been in a relationship with the woman and the pair had a child together.

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But an intervention order was issued on November 6 with the man not allowed to contact the woman unless it was in relation to child arrangements.

Between November 7 and November 9, the man sent the woman 76 text messages and called her six times. The messages were not in relation to their child.

In the early hours of November 10, the man sent the woman another 26 text messages before going to her property.

The court heard the man covered his face with a t-shirt as he tried to unlock the backdoor. He was also captured on CCTV footage turning the security camera away from the door.

The security system sent an alert to the woman, who called 000.

The man called a taxi to pick him up and drive back to his Golden Square home.

The taxi collected him about three kilometres away from the woman's home and the driver saw him try to conceal himself in the back seat.

The court heard the man left his wallet in the taxi, which the driver handed into police.

The man texted the woman the next morning saying he lost his wallet and he needed money from her.

He then proceeded to send a further three messages, including a note of where he was located.

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The man was arrested and interviewed on November 15. He told police he "just wanted someone to talk to" and that none of the messages were abusive. The man denied going to the woman's house.

The man was released on bail but he reoffended again on December 7 and December 8, sending the woman several text messages and calling her 12 times.

The court heard the family violence offending came after the man was caught driving with drugs in his system on October 2.

He refused a second oral fluid test and checks showed his licence had already been cancelled for similar offending.

Defence lawyer Peter Randles told the court the offending was not serious enough to warrant a term of imprisonment.

Mr Randles said the man had issues with drug abuse and the court could consider a therapeutic sentence.

But Magistrate Trieu Huynh said the offending was serious and he needed to send a message to the broader community that the behaviour was unacceptable.

Mr Huynh said there were also aggravating features, including the steps the man took to conceal his identity.

The magistrate convicted and sentenced the 34-year-old man to five months in jail with one day of pre-sentence detention reckoned as already served.

His licence was also cancelled and he was disqualified from driving for four years.

If the man did not plead guilty, he would have been jailed for seven months.

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