Recidivist domestic violence offender Guavanni Imanuel Kobus Oberholzer assaults ex-partner one week after parole ended

A Dalby magistrate has described a man’s offending as “serious, persistent and violent” after a brutal attack on his ex-partner weeks after his probation ended.

Guavanni Imanuel Kobus Oberholzer has been sentenced in Dalby Magistrates Court for assault and breacing a DV order.

A recidivist domestic violence offender has found himself back in prison after a violent assault on his ex-partner just weeks after his parole from a previous attack ended.

Guavanni Imanuel Kobus Oberholzer, 28, appeared in Dalby Magistrates Court from prison where he had spent the last 151 days and pleaded guilty to assault and breaching a domestic violence order.

The court was told that about 11.37pm on December 8 police were called to a Dalby address where they found Oberholzer there in breach of a protection order put in place on November 6, 2023.

When Oberholzer noticed police he jumped the back fence and took off running before ultimately being caught by patrolling units.

Returning to the aggrieved's address police found her with a bruised and swollen face and a bloodied mouth.

The court was told Oberholzer had attended the address asking to see his child and when the aggrieved refused he forced his way into the house and followed her into a bedroom where he punched her in the face.

When the victim fell to the ground Oberholzer stood over her and proceeded to punch her four more times.

Oberholzer had just finished an 18-month probation order weeks prior for a 2023 offence where he choked the same woman to the point where she began to throw up. For that offence he also spent five months in jail.

Magistrate Kathleen Payne described the offending as “serious, persistent and violent”.

Oberholzer’s lawyer told the court her client had been sexually abused between the ages of four and nine and had turned to methamphetamine at just 15 to cope with the trauma leading to much of his offending.

Oberholzer asked Ms Payne if he would be getting out today to which she replied “no” and sentenced him to 18 months’ imprisonment with 151 days of pre-sentence custody declared as time served and a parole release date of June 8.