An Albury man with a history of assaulting his partner is facing jail after he tracked her down in emergency accommodation and dished-out more extreme violence.
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Throughout the vicious assault, the victim - who had just returned from work - screamed for help.
Kenneth Ray Williams had knocked on her motel window, began yelling at her with errant claims she was there with another man and forced his way inside.
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He grabbed her by her hair and began punching her to the face, head and arms.
When she fell to the floor, Williams again grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into the bathroom.
He removed a length of timber from his backpack and continued his assault, repeatedly striking her to the face and head.
Williams, 47, has pleaded guilty in Albury Local Court to aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence of violence, wound person with the intention of causing grievous bodily harm and contravention of an apprehended violence order.
Magistrate Richard Funston committed Williams for sentence before the District Court in Albury, with a mention date of November 20.
Police said Williams previously had been charged with "very serious" domestic violence-related offences against his partner.
He had an "extensive" NSW criminal history for violence, possession of illicit drugs, malicious damage and traffic offences.
At the time of his latest offending, Williams and the victim had been in a relationship for more than six years - a time regularly punctuated by domestic violence.
An AVO to prevent Williams assaulting or intimidating his partner, or being in her home within 12 hours of taking illicit drugs or drinking alcohol, was in place.
Police said the victim sought emergency housing on February 25, as the couple had separated and she had nowhere else to live.
She was placed in a motel room in David Street.
The following night, about five minutes after arriving back at the motel at 11 o'clock on finishing her work shift, she heard knocking on the front window.
She looked outside and saw Williams looking back.
After the assault began, with Williams hitting her with the timber, the woman tried to protect herself with her arms as she lay on the floor.
But, while still holding her hair, he kept up the attack, even as she tried to use her mobile phone to contact police.
Other motel guests, alerted by her screaming, called triple zero.
Police arrived soon after and found the victim suffering from head lacerations, swelling and bruising to both her arms, a bleeding wound on the top of her head and a serious laceration to her nose requiring surgery.
