Kilsyth man pleads guilty in Ringwood Court to bashing woman because she entered a public tennis court

A savage thug who brutally attacked a woman after he objected to her being in a Kilsyth tennis court with her child have been hauled before court.

Matthew Van Roosmalen spotted a stranger on a tennis court before following and bashing her.

A vile thug who attacked a woman after he objected to her being in a public tennis court has avoided jail.

Matthew Van Roosmalen, 49, fronted Ringwood Magistrates’ on Wednesday having earlier pleaded guilty to the sickening assault, where he was slapped with a 12-month community corrections order with conviction.

In the afternoon of May 22 last year, Van Roosmalen was walking in a Kilsyth park with his brother when he spotted a woman standing in a tennis court with her child.

Van Roosmalen yelled at the 29-year-old woman: “You can’t be in there”.

Matthew Van Roosmalen fronted the Ringwood Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The woman left the tennis court and began to walk away, but Van Roosmalen started following her.

“Leave me alone,” the woman said to Van Roosmalen, the court heard, before he pushed the woman and began to assault her.

He repeatedly punched and kicked her while she was on the ground, and also threw his bottle of bourbon at her.

The entire assault was filmed on a phone.

Emergency services were called to the woman’s aid but Van Roosmalen had already left the scene.

Police officers located him walking near Kilsyth Hall.

When questioned about the incident Van Roosmalen claimed he acted in self defence.

Van Roosmalen will also have to complete 50 hours of unpaid community work.