Sean Thomas Davies charged with preventing a witness from attending

A man with a history of violent offending allegedly went to a domestic violence safe house and told a survivor he would kill her if she spoke out as a witness.

A man with a history of violent offending allegedly forced open the door of a domestic violence safe house and told the woman inside he would kill her if she appeared as a witness, a court has heard.

Kidman Park man Sean Thomas Davies faced the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Thursday from prison on charges of serious criminal trespass and attempt to prevent a person from attending as a witness.

The court heard 30-year-old Mr Davies allegedly tracked down the address of a woman’s safe house in Adelaide’s southern suburbs before pushing the door open and threatening to kill her.

“She’s heard a knock at the door … then saw Mr Davies who’s then come in and … got up in her face and whispered, ‘if you call anyone, if you tell anyone, I’ll kill you’,” a police prosecutor told the court.

“(Mr Davies said) ‘Drop the charges otherwise if I go to jail I’ll get out and kill you’.”

Sean Thomas Davies faces charges of attempting to prevent a witness from giving evidence. Picture: Facebook

The court heard the woman and Mr Davies were in a short-term partnership.

Mr Davies was facing a slew of other charges including assault causing harm, aggravated assault with a weapon, basic assault, damaging a building or motor vehicle and damaging property.

The charges were from a period of alleged offending between May 27 and July 5.

Court documents showed Mr Davies had allegedly damaged the woman’s phone in May, assaulted her three times – once causing her harm – and damaged her property and car.

Police alleged he also damaged another woman’s car and assaulted another man.

The court heard Mr Davies had a history of violent offending and was on a suspended sentence from January.

Omar Ali, for Mr Davies, had made a bail application for his client to be released from prison, but it was rejected based on the seriousness of the allegations and the suitability of the bail address.

Magistrate Christopher Smolicz said he was “concerned” about the allegations and Mr Davies.

“They’re extremely serious, and there’s a history of offending and (Mr Davies) also has a history with the victim,” he said.

“I’m not going to grant bail given the seriousness of the offending.”

Mr Smolicz remanded Mr Davies to reappear in September and again in October.