Thurgoona's Timothy Darcy before court for breaching order

Timothy Darcy simply turned up at his ex-partner's Lavington home despite an apprehended domestic violence order banning such contact.

The experience was so traumatic for the woman, Albury Local Court has heard, the woman was crying and shaking when reporting the incident to police.

"When's he going to get it through his head he's not to breach these orders?" magistrate Tony Murray asked defence lawyer Sascha McCorriston.

"If he doesn't get it he's looking at jail. Why shouldn't I do that today?"

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Mr Murray did impose a term of custody on Darcy, but ordered that this be served in the community by way of a three-month intensive corrections order.

"You came very close today, Mr Darcy," he said.

"If that doesn't get through to you that that's not what you're supposed to be doing then you're looking at no option (in future) but a full-time jail sentence."

Mr Murray told Darcy that his offending was "quite clearly" a matter that "greatly concerned" the court, as the order was in place to protect the safety of the complainant.

Ms McCorriston said Darcy had instructed that he "certainly accepts he shouldn't have gone to that property".

Darcy, 29, of Cremin Court, pleaded guilty to a single charge of contravening an apprehended violence order

He and the victim were in a relationship for five years, but this broke down in early 2020. The order was put in place later that year, on August 25.

The court was told how mediation sessions had resulted in a custody agreement whereby Darcy would collect their two young children from the McDonald's restaurant on Wagga Road.

They were with their father on December 19 when, without warning, Darcy breached the order by turning up at her Kaitlers Road address about 1.30pm in his brother's car.

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