Matthew Warren jailed for serious domestic violence offences
The first flurry of punches came in the drive-thru of the Rosemeadow McDonald’s and for a day his young female victim was choked, elbowed and bashed with a baton. But when the police finally came for Matthew Warren, he hid in the bushes.
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A man who unleashed 24 hours of abuse including choking, elbowing and kneeing his victim during a 24-hour ordeal has been jailed.
A man who unleashed 24 hours of abuse including choking, elbowing and kneeing his victim during a 24-hour ordeal has been jailed.
Matthew Warren, 23, had been at a backyard party in Rosemeadow, when the woman arrived to pick him up last November.
Warren was assaulted by a male at the party as he was leaving at around 5pm, and later blamed the victim for his bloody nose, according to court documents.
He then ordered the woman to drive him to Rosemeadow McDonald’s before he punched her several times in the head and arms while waiting in the drive thru, agreed police facts reveal.
The victim then drove Warren back to his Ambarvale home where he told her to ‘get the f*** inside.’
The physical assault continued inside the home as Warren elbowed, kneed and punched the woman to the back of the head causing a wound as he dragged her by the hair.
During the ordeal, Warren also put his hands around the woman’s neck, leaving her struggling to breath.
The 23-year-old produced a baton and hit the victim to the legs and arms before going outside and smashing the windscreen of her car.
Warren then picked up the woman’s iPhone 11 and threw it against the wall.
Five days later, Warren called the victim more than 40 times, demanding she provide her password to Facebook or he would burn her house down.
The victim told police she feared for her life.
Police from Campbelltown station spotted Warren riding a blue Yamaha trail bike in January 2020.
When approached by officers he hid in bush land before trying to get away on foot.
During the arrest he resisted police and sustained a number of injuries that required medical attention.
He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentionally choke person, intentionally damage property, use carriage service to menace or harm, take and drive conveyance and driving unlicensed.
Warren was found guilty and sentenced to 16 months prison and handed a three year community corrections order.