Jason McAuliffe, Bankstown: Woman jumps out of two-storey window to flee alleged DV assault

A magistrate has today refused bail for a man on parole accused of assaulting and choking a Banktown woman after breaching an AVO she took out against him.

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A terrified woman has been hospitalised after jumping from the window of a two-storey unit to escape the horror allegedly unleashed by Jason Peter McAuliffe.

Campbelltown Local Court was told the 29-year-old man, who was on parole for violence against the same 34-year-old female victim, is alleged to have assaulted and choked the woman until she passed out.

It is further alleged McAuliffe locked her in a bedroom before she managed to escape by jumping out a window of the unit in Sir Joseph Banks St, Bankstown, about noon on Wednesday.

The woman was taken to hospital where she received treatment for a fractured vertebrae.

The man fled the scene but was arrested shortly after, charged with a number of offences including assault, intentionally choking a person without consent and contravening an apprehended violence order (AVO).

Emergency services were called to Sir Joseph Banks Street after reports a 34-year-old woman had jumped from a second-floor unit window.

On Thursday, McAuliffe, wearing a loose polo shirt, appeared in court via videolink and made a bid for bail, with his lawyer indicating the allegations would be defended.

The court heard McAuliffe, if granted bail, would move in with his brother near Mudgee and comply with strict curfew and police reporting conditions.

However bail was refused by Magistrate George Breton who said McAuliffe had a “horrendous” criminal record and could not “apparently” comply with an AVO.

The matter will return to Bankstown Local Court on August 12.

Officers from Bankstown Police arrested a 29-year-old man a short time later.

The alleged domestic violence horror comes after the Sunday Telegraph revealed a significant increase in alleged breaches of AVOs since coronavirus restrictions were introduced.

In April 1500 breach AVO incidents were recorded, compared with 1268 breaches in April last year.

“There is no doubt that the COVID-19 social distancing and self-isolation restrictions have presented inherent and very real risks to domestic violence victims and their families,” Commissioner Mick Fuller said.

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