Leura: Jaspreet Singh faces break-and-enter charge in court

Police allege Jaspreet Singh drove for 90 minutes to break into a woman’s Blue Mountains house while armed with a knife.

Police allege Jaspreet Singh broke into a woman's home on Victory Lane, Leura, on Christmas Eve. Picture: Google Maps

A man who police allege broke into a woman’s Blue Mountains home on Christmas Eve while armed with a knife has missed a court date after being hospitalised.

Jaspreet Singh, 34, of Ryde, is charged with stalk/intimidate with intent to cause fear and break and enter a dwelling with intent to commit a serious indictable offence over the alleged incident in Leura on December 24 last year.

Police will allege in court Mr Singh drove to the woman’s house on Victory Lane, Leura, just after 1pm on Christmas Eve.

A court heard Jaspreet Singh was a patient at Blacktown Hospital on Monday, meaning he couldn’t attend court.

They will allege he then broke into the premises while armed with a knife with the intent to assault the woman living there.

Mr Singh was arrested shortly after the alleged incident and granted bail in Parramatta Local Court on Christmas Day.

During Mr Singh’s bail hearing, his lawyer told the court Mr Singh had arrived from India in 2006 and was employed.

The lawyer also questioned the strength of the prosecution case, and noted the “considerable distance” between him and his alleged victim.

Jaspreet Singh will next appear in Katoomba Local Court on March 15.

Mr Singh was granted bail under conditions he report to police two times a week and that he not go within two kilometres of Leura unless attending court.

In Katoomba Local Court on Monday, Mr Singh’s lawyer told Magistrate Leanne Robinson his client was in “long-term” hospital care, and requested an eight-week adjournment.

Magistrate Robinson confirmed she had received a letter from Blacktown Hospital saying Mr Singh was a patient there, and adjourned the matter to March 15.