Portland's Dylan Bausch sentenced over Camperdown carjacking

A Portland man who held up a Cobden newsagency at knifepoint has been sentenced as his victims continue to deal with ongoing trauma of his brutal attack.  

A Portland man has pleaded guilty to aggravated car jacking and armed robbery over two incidents in south-west Victoria earlier this year.

A Portland man who held up the owners of a Cobden newsagency at knifepoint has been jailed.

Dylan Bausch, 22, of Portland, was sentenced to three years and eight months behind bars after earlier pleading guilty to charges including armed robbery and assaulting an emergency worker in the Melbourne County Court.

The court had previously heard Bausch's victims had since put their business on the market due to the ongoing trauma of the incident.

Bausch was armed with a knife when he jumped into the back seat of a woman’s parked car in Camperdown while she sat in the driver’s seat eating lunch.

He demanded she “just drive” but she refused and got out of the car, dropping her keys on the ground.

Bausch took the keys and stole the car, driving to Cobden where he held up a newsagency at knifepoint a short time later, fleeing with $1000.

A police patrol spotted the stolen car being driven back towards Camperdown, but lost sight of it during a pursuit. The car was later found dumped with the interior set alight.

Later that night a taxi driver called police after becoming suspicious when Bausch ordered a taxi to an address in Camperdown. The police told the driver to collect Bausch, and they then apprehended the car and arrested the offender.

The next day Bausch assaulted a police custodial officer while at the Warrnambool watch-house.

CCTV of the armed robbery and assault were shown to the court.

Victim impact statements from the carjacking victim and owners of the newsagency were read out, detailing how the crimes had left them distressed and suffering ongoing fear.

Prosecutor Michael Roper read the statements from the owners of the newsagency, who were both present on the day of the robbery, which outlined how the couple had put the business on the market soon after the crime.

The statements outlined how the crime had left them with ongoing psychological affects, with one of the victims now feeling unsafe working in the business alone.

The court was told Bausch had prior convictions for armed robbery and assaulting emergency services workers.

Defence counsel Liliana Dubroja said Bausch had a difficult upbringing and started using drugs in his early teens.

Bausch will be eligible for parole after serving three years.

He had been remanded in custody for 307 days at the time of sentence.