A Lavington man who launched a savage attack on his partner as their two-year-old daughter slept in between them will be released from jail on Friday.
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This marks the end of Carlos Hall's eight-month non-parole period for the attack, during which he repeatedly "smashed" the woman's head into the floor.
The child was standing behind her father crying as he savaged her mother, the incident waking their 15-month-old baby girl who had been sleeping in a nearby crib.
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Hall was handed a 16-month jail term in Albury Local Court this week on a single charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Police had strongly opposed bail because of the high-end serious nature of the bashing, plus the 20-year-old's criminal history and his habit of failing to front court.
Defence lawyer David Barron said this was Hall's first time in jail.
"He lost his temper and he shouldn't have. He acted in illegal ways and he shouldn't have," he said.
"He's never served a jail sentence before and he's found the experience quite eye-opening and educational."
Police said the unprovoked assault in the victim's North Albury home was so severe that the threshold for a jail sentence had "definitely" been crossed.
The court was told that Hall and the victim were in a relationship from about December, 2016, to June, 2019, but that he had refused to move out.
They were in bed, with the older girl between them, around 6am to 7am on December 5 when he shoved her out of bed.
She thought he was "playing around" and got back into bed, but then he hurled foul-mouthed abuse.
The woman rejected his comment, got out of bed and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Hall followed, shoved her into a Christmas tree, then grabbed her by the hair and smashed her head into the floor up to four times, leaving her with bruises, plus bleeding from biting her tongue.
"The accused then wrapped his arm around the throat of the victim and sat on to the couch with the victim hanging over the arm of the couch."
She struggled to get free, leaving her with burst blood vessels on her neck, then convinced Hall to stop by pointing out their baby had woken and their older daughter was crying.
After making breakfast, she took her children to her mother's home then reported the incident to police.
Magistrate Richard Funston said both he and the community would not tolerate domestic violence.
"I can tell you now, Mr Hall, if you breach your parole you'll go straight back in and if you come before me with domestic violence matters you'll get a much heftier sentence."
