Daniel Winning, 22, of Karana Drive, unsuccessfully applied for bail in court and was remanded in custody until January 30.

Detective Senior Constable Wayne Ryan, of the Warrnambool police crime investigation unit, said that on Thursday evening a mobile phone and wallet containing a bank card were stolen in Hopetoun Road.

The card was used twice at a Woolworths supermarket and also a BP service station to purchase goods. 

The phone is valued at $850.

On Friday police were called Daltons Road and at 9.36am watched as Mr Winning walked out of units.

He ran across the road, into a brick wall and cash and tobacco fell out of a pocket.

Mr Winning was chased by a detective who saw him throw items over a fence.

He was arrested and items including $300 cash, an iPhone, Toyota keys and almost one gram of cannabis were located as well as the bank card stolen the previous day.

Detectives went to a Daltons Road home where a 35-year-old woman was in the process of calling police to report a break-in.

She was badly shaken after seeing a man climb out her kitchen window with cash, her phone and her car keys.

The victim knows Mr Winnings’ mother.

Detective Senior Constable Ryan said a 250cc motorcycle was stolen in Bendigo on November 21 and it was located on the front lawn of a Warrnambool home on January 3.

Crime scene officers examined the motorbike and forensic tests linked Mr Winning to the stolen vehicle.

Detective Senior Constable Ryan opposed bail, saying Mr Winning had been involved in committing a brazen aggravated burglary in the middle of the day which had a significant impact on the victim.

He said he believed the offending was driven by Mr Winning’s drug habit, the accused had 13 pages of prior convictions and had failed to appear on bail three times.

Mr Winning claimed he was drug free.

“I don’t smoke ice no more. I didn’t know she was home. I knocked on the door for half and hour and called out,” he said.

Magistrate Cynthia Toose said Mr Winning had been charged with very serious offending, the police had a strong case and it was likely the accused would be jailed.

“You have clearly been out and about doing things. You are an unacceptable risk of continuing to offend if released on bail,” she said.

The magistrate was told Mr Winning had a range of high-end mental health issues.