A man who has spent all but a year of his adult life in jail sent letters from his cell to try to get his ex-partner to recant a statement to police.
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Joelyen Andrew Baskett posted six letters to the woman at her Springdale Heights home.
But in a failed attempt to avoid breaching an apprehended violence order, he addressed the envelopes with another woman's name.
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Baskett asked her to prepare a statutory declaration "to say (you're) not going through with (the) case".
He urged her to get a justice of the peace to sign the declaration.
"I feel like sh-t asking you for this, but I can't handle how things are right now," Baskett said in one of the letters, which were read by police.
Baskett, 35, pleaded guilty from Junee jail to contravention of an apprehended violence order and to act with the intention of influencing a witness.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Coombs told Albury Local Court on Tuesday that because Baskett was already serving a five-year jail term, he could not be given a sentence that increased his time behind bars.
Defence lawyer Mitchell Brooks said there were "significant" mitigating factors to be considered in sentencing Baskett.
Mr Brooks said Baskett had suffered from child sexual abuse, which led to an illicit drug habit from when he was a teenager.
But despite this, he said Baskett - as referred to in a sentence assessment report - had "significant" potential for rehabilitation.
The offending was detected when police visited the victim's home on November 15 for an apprehended domestic violence order compliance check.
She told them Baskett had been in contact, then showed them the letters. Baskett was convicted and fined $3800.
