AN Albury man who held his girlfriend captive and terrorised her before inflicting a stab wound to her leg with a kitchen knife will be sentenced in the District Court sittings early next year.
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David Gregory Marshall’s case was listed for trial in the present District Court sittings before Judge Martin Blackmore.
But Marshall, 49, yesterday pleaded guilty to charges of detaining a person with intent to obtain a psychological advantage, reckless wounding, assault and intimidation.
Barrister Christine Mendes sought to adjourn sentencing until February for the preparation of a psychological report.
Marshall, who has been in jail since he was arrested on September 25 last year, was remanded in custody.
He had been in a relationship with the victim, 40, for about 15 months when she obtained an apprehended violence order against him in August last year, due to unrelated matters.
She stayed with him at his unit on September 23 and the following day they both rode bicycles from North Albury into Albury.
They consumed alcohol at a hotel before going to First Choice Liquor, where Marshall stole a 750 milliltre bottle of vodka.
The victim bought some alcohol for herself, called a maxi-taxi and they were driven to his unit where they drank alcohol and listened to music.
When the victim attempted to leave, Marshall grabbed her bag and pushed her onto a fold-out bed and then got a knife from the kitchen.
He stabbed her in the left thigh and then pressed his finger into the bleeding wound.
She got up to leave again but was pushed back down before Marshall flicked a couple of lit matches in her direction.
After detaining her for more than three hours, he told her to get out about 6am.
She ran about 100 metres from the house to Mate Street, where she sought assistance from a man.
Marshall then ran from Curlew Street and chased the man, causing him to fear for his safety.
But he managed to ring the police, who arrived along with an ambulance a short time later.
Police used a Taser to subdue Marshall after he confronted them with two knives.
The victim’s DNA was found on the blade of a 20-centimetre-long knife.
The victim was treated at hospital for a wound about three centimetres wide and 10 centimetres deep.