A BID to find love online ended with a man getting his head punched in and his car stolen and torched after being set upon by a group of people.
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Things turned sour for the victim after he stayed the night at his date’s Glenroy home.
According to police facts tendered to Albury Local Court, the man had talked to Kathleen Murray through dating site Plenty of Fish and agreed to meet her at her house on Chenery Street.
The victim drove his silver Holden Commodore to her home on April 3 and stayed the night.
Murray told the man the following morning she needed to take his car to do some chores around town and was absent for most of the day.
When she returned, she had a man and two sisters, Tianna and Kara Williams, alongside her.
Murray screamed at the victim that he owed a man called Shane money.
The victim tried to grab his belongings and asked for his car keys back but was punched by the man.
The assault started in the lounge room and continued as the man ran down the hallway and out into the backyard.
He grabbed his phone and tried to call his brother, but the man grabbed it off him.
The Williams sisters held down the man’s body and legs, rendering him unable to move, as Murray and the man allegedly punched him in the head.
He managed to free himself and jumped a side fence, but found his Commodore did not have keys inside it.
He ran to a neighbour, who called police, and the victim watched as the car was being driven away.
It was found burnt out in the Jelbart Park precinct a short time later.
The bloodied man was taken to Albury hospital with a broken nose.
He also had bruising to his head and face.
Magistrate Tony Murray told Albury Local Court jail time was clearly needed for the Williams sisters.
Kara had already served four months behind bars and was released on Monday.
Tianna, who has a more serious criminal record, will be eligible for parole on November 13.