Simon John Sedgley, 46, of Morack Avenue, Warrnambool, pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court during April to aggravated burglary, theft, assault with a weapon wilful damage and breaching an intervention order.

Sentencing was adjourned​ while​ a mental health report was​ completed.

​On Thursday ​Sedgley was jailed for six months, which will be followed by an 18-month community corrections order with conditions he do 50 hours community work and ​undertake ​assessment, treatment and programs as required.

He has already spent 63 days in custody which will be taken off his six-month sentence.

Magistrate Peter Mellas said Sedgley came up with the idea, planned the home invasion, found the necessary muscle​/co-offender​, the​ men "tooled up" and committed the violent offence.

He said a 12-month jail term to be followed by by a corrections order for Sedgley's co-accused ​Jordan Brown ​was merciful considering his ​longer​ and more serious record of recent offending.

"The more you look at this the more it looks like it should have should have proceeded in a higher court," Mr Mellas said.

The magistrate said medical reports indicated Sedgley had potential mental health issues and that he had a drug problem he did not want to do anything about.

"Mr sedgley is a lot smarter than he makes out on one view," Mr Mellas said.

"He needed money, knew someone who had it and found someone that was going to be the muscle. This is at the more serious end of the offending dealt with in this court. They were armed, prepared and carried out the offending." 

Mr Mellas said the co-accused was armed​, used a weapon and the men were disguised which indicated a degree of planning.

Police said Sedgley and Brown​ invaded  a house in Yangery on the morning of February 12 last year. 

Sedgley thought the ​resident would ​have cash because​ he was a gambler.

The pair concealed their identities with balaclavas and armed themselves with a steel pole.

They entered the house through a sliding glass door while the 64-year-old occupant was asleep. 

Brown went into the bedroom, demanded cash and assaulted the man while he was in bed. 

The man told them the cash was hidden in a vehicle parked at the rear of the property​. He escaped through a window and ran to a neighbour’s house while the intruders followed his instruction. 

Sedgley and Brown stole receipts and a cheque book. The victim suffered cuts to his head and arms.

The next day, Brown tried to cash a cheque for $2760 but a bank teller recognised the victim's name, knew the cheque book was cancelled and called police. 

Sedgley also pleaded guilty to breaching an intervention order after he broke a window at his girlfriend's home in September. 

She reported the matter to police to avoid paying $116 to repair the window.