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A man who punched his ex-partner so hard that she was left unconscious has been jailed for 15 months.
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Patrick Mitchell will remain behind bars at least until two days before Christmas, when he becomes eligible for parole.
The 29-year-old twice breached apprehended violence orders.
The Albury man had previously been convicted on several sets of charges related to the assaults and breaches.
Police were forced into releasing Mitchell’s photograph on Facebook back in June over two outstanding warrants issued in Albury Local Court relating to two counts of breaching an apprehended violent order, two counts of assault and one count of malicious damage.
Those charges related to an incident on June 6 at 12.40pm when the victim received a phone call from Mitchell.
“Have you got $100 for me for a shot?” he asked her.
The pair had been in a relationship since 2007, but the woman had had an apprehended violence order taken out against him in 2013.
“No, I did shopping and spent the money on our children,” she replied.
Three hours later the victim got dropped off in Kaitlers Road and approached the back fence of her home.
Mitchell jumped out of some bushes and demanded “where is my $100?”.
Again, she told him she had spent her money on buying food for their children.
Mitchell reached into her jumper then her bra and grabbed the victim’s mobile phone.
He threw the phone on the ground, smashing the screen then punched her in the ribs and to the right side of the head.
He attacked her again on June 15 as she stood outside a Glenelg Drive, Springdale Heights, property.
He hammer-punched her to the nose and made her fall backwards, knocking her head.
Mitchell then punched her again to the face as she lay unconscious.
Magistrate Tony Murray said Mitchell had set a terrible example to his children, with 70 per cent of children exposed to this behaviour grew up to inflict the same sort of damage.