THREE men who breached intervention orders have been jailed for their family violence.
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Ramesh Eagle, 30, of Manifold Street, Camperdown, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of persistently breaching orders and has a prior offence for similar offending.
He was jailed for 45 days, has served six days and when he's released from prison will start a community corrections order.
Magistrate Michael Coghlan said Eagle consistently ignored orders, was charged and bailed with strict conditions but within two days committed further breaches.
He said about a third of intervention orders were breached and Victoria's highest court had instructed magistrates and judges to discourage order respondents from breaching the orders by imposing significant penalties.
Mr Coghlan said the only appropriate sentence for Eagle involved a jail term and his offending was too serious for him to be simply let back out on the streets.
Warrnambool's Justin Ardle, 44, of Wooles Avenue, was also jailed for 45 days, has spent 15 days in custody and has another month to serve.
In the worst of his offending, on February 1 he abused and threatened his partner.
He returned to their home at 11pm drunk, grabbed her by the shoulder and hair and dragged her to the floor.
Ardle spat blood on the woman, grabbed a 30cm long wooden letter opener and pushed her head back.
He then used the pointy end of the letter opener to make contact with the left side of her head and twisted it before drawing it across the woman's forehead.
She suffered cuts, bleeding and grazes.
The magistrate said Ardle had committed violent offences in the past but had not come to police attention while living in Warrnambool for more than five years.
He said Ardle had issues with alcohol and his treatment of women.
Warrnambool's Leigh Rodgers, 34, of Koroit Street, Warrnambool, was also jailed for two months.
His sentencing was adjourned due to riots at Geelong's Barwon Prison early last week.
He has already served 45 days in custody and on release will start a 12-month corrections order, with conditions he do 100 hours of community work and undertake a men's behaviour change program.
