A WARRNAMBOOL man who regularly breaks court orders has been jailed for another four months.
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Jay Baillie, 37, of Murray Street, pleaded guilty to breaching in the Warrnambool Magistrate Court orders and has already served 18 days in custody.
It's the third time this year he has been jailed.
Earlier this year Baillie was imprisoned in the same court for seven months for similar offending, which usually involves making threats and breaking court orders.
He had refused to take part in a community corrections order.
Baillie appealed the severity of that sentence in the Warrnambool County Court and received a three-month jail term which was to be followed by a CCO.
He is now heading back to county court for twice breaching the CCO.
He then got another seven days imprisonment for breaking the same courts orders almost immediately after being released from prison.
His current offending related to contacting a woman almost 40 times in two days and threatening to stab her in the eye.
Baillie claimed to be only joking.
He also failed a driving drug test on October 10 in Warrnambool, being positive to cannabis.
He had been homeless during much of this year and living in his car, but then crashed his car into a tree and suffered major injuries.
Baillie was flown to a Melbourne hospital where he underwent back surgery.
Magistrate Cynthia Toose said there had to be a very specific message sent to Baillie and other offenders who breached court orders.
She said only a term of imprisonment was appropriate, breaching court orders carried a five-year maximum jail term, although she noted that Baillie had a number of issues.
The magistrate said the victim must feel terrified every time her telephone rang or she received a text message.
Ms Toose said she had no confidence that Baillie would comply with a CCO.
She said she was concerned that Baillie was not receiving medication for his fractured spine and ordered an immediate medical assessment.