Jay Baillie, 38, unsuccessfully applied for bail in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody for what is expected to be a plea hearing on July 25.

He has been charged with persistently breaching intervention orders, causing criminal damage and seven counts of breaching intervention orders.

Mr Baillie was already on bail after being charged with offences involving turning up an his ex-partner's home and contacting her 20 times while banned under an intervention order.

He said in court he wanted bail to pursue employment opportunities and he could now stay with a family member.

Magistrate Cynthia Toose refused bail, saying the allegations made against Mr Baillie were very serious.

She said he was an unacceptable risk of continuing to offend and a danger to the safety of people in the community.

Police said that Mr Baillie had been in a relationship for 15 years which ended in March and he and his former partner had four children.

Last Thursday an intervention order was put in place to protect his former partner.

Mr Baillie saw her in Timboon on Saturday and claimed money was owed to him by her brother and she or her parents should repay the debt.

Just after 4pm the same day the woman received another phone call demanding money.

She said there was no debt and she claimed Mr Baillie threatened to stab her, her brother and her parents. 

The woman said he was ranting and raving and and blamed her because he had no money and was homeless.

He also threatened to damage her car and she told police she knew he was “not in a good place”.

When police officers talked to Mr Baillie he said he needed $1000 for a rent bond and was owed $3000 by his former partner's brother.

The woman said she later heard a knock, Mr Baillie swore at him and then he started smashing windows in her car with a homemade baseball bat.

Police officers said security camera footage showed Mr Baillie swung the bat 16 times in 20 seconds and broke five windows valued at between $2000 and $3000.