A violent Corowa man who attacked his 67-year-old mother in her home still retains the support of the woman and other family members.
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Benjamin Clancy spent more than six weeks in custody following the ice-fuelled incident on October 10.
Albury Local Court this week heard a motorbike crash, which led to him spending 10 weeks in hospital on life support, had changed his personality.
The crash occurred a year ago and his brain injury hasn't shown much improvement since.
While he already had an extensive record, the court heard he was using ice which wasn't helping the situation.
The 43-year-old had demanded his asthma puffer from his mother in her John Street home during the incident, where he was also residing.
He was high on ice and when his mother tried to pass the device, he screamed at her.
"That's not my f---ing puffer you old ----," he said.
He pushed her in the chest which caused her to fall over to the floor, and led to upper body pain.
Clancy made threats with a steel knife sharpener to the 67-year-old.
He left the home but returned a short time later and used the sharpener to try to pry open a door.
He pushed past his mother and went to the home's garage before again leaving the property.
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The 43-year-old handed himself in to police the following afternoon.
"What a terrible way to speak to your mother," magistrate Miranda Moody said after summarising the police case.
Clancy told a doctor his mother had been intoxicated and harassed him at the time of the incident, but that he loved her.
His mum remains "extremely supportive" of him, and Clancy cried in court when told his mother loved him.
He was on an order at the time for a matter where his sister was the victim.
The magistrate noted he had a lengthy and sustained record.
"It is a great shame he is taking illicit drugs as this is not assisting his record either," Ms Moody said.
She ordered Clancy complete 80 hours of community work.
He is banned from being around his mother after taking drugs or drinking.
His family had planned to drive to Junee jail to collect him after the sentence was handed down.