A North Albury man has admitted to attacking two women once considered friends.
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Wayne Patrick John Doubleday later sent threatening, foul-mouthed messages to one of the women.
He appeared in Albury Local Court on Wednesday via a video link to jail, where he will remain until his sentencing on February 15.
Doubleday pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one each of contravene an apprehended violence order and use a carriage service to threaten or kill.
Defence solicitor Sascha McCorriston said the assaults were not domestic violence-related as indicated in the charges, so these were amended accordingly.
Doubleday, 46, had been friends with one woman for eight years, though not in a relationship.
She was granted an apprehended violence order against Doubleday that remained in effect until July 31, 2020.
He had been friends with the other woman for about three years.
Doubleday invited himself to dinner with the two women at a house in Lavington on Christmas Eve.
He drew offence when one began to ignore Doubleday, who was drinking beer, for teasing her.
Doubleday hurled abuse at her and spat in her face several times, before pushing her in the chest.
He also pushed the other woman in the chest while abusing her, and also threw a punch at a male friend of the pair.
Doubleday sent the threatening texts from 9pm.
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