Warwick man exposed young child to harmful domestic violence, court told

A magistrate was quick to slam a Warwick man who exposed his young child to ‘venomous’ domestic violence offending when he appeared in court.

A magistrate was quick to slam a Warwick man who exposed his young child to “venomous” domestic violence offending when he appeared in court.

A Warwick man – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – faced Warwick Magistrates Court on Monday, pleading guilty to contravening a domestic violence order from July 2022.

The breach occurred on January 17, 2023 following the end of a history described as “long, complicated and traumatic on both sides” by defence lawyer Stafford Mortensen.

Mr Mortensen said as a family lawyer the situation with the man was “among the more venomous” that he had seen.

An agreement within the domestic violence order allowed the man to video call the children on certain days, and while on a call with his children the man breached the order by snapping.

“Ogre c--t is here,” the man said after the aggrieved stepped slightly in the frame of the video call.

“You clearly exposed the children to domestic violence,” magistrate Virginia Sturgess said.

“I don’t know why you felt it necessary to make a gratuitous, offensive remark, just because (the aggrieved) moved into frame of the video.

“This offence is aggravated in my view because you’ve exposed children to your horrible unhealthy and horrible comment.”

It was revealed the man had previous convictions for trespass and breaching probation orders in the past, albeit dated.

“Children should not be involved and shouldn’t have to hear this type of nastiness, it’s completely inappropriate,” the magistrate said.

The man was fined $800 and no convictions were recorded.