A Warrnambool woman with a history of conflict with ex-boyfriends, who threatened to run up a mobile phone bill of thousands of dollars, has been refused bail.
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Marlee Oakley, 23, of Crawley Street, unsuccessfully applied for bail in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court this week.
She was in a brief three-week relationships with a man which ended on Friday last week.
The man had bought Ms Oakley a Samsung Galaxy S20 mobile telephone which he gave to her on a plan for which he was responsible.
After they split up, the man asked for the phone back, Oakley refused and the former couple argued on Facebook messenger.
Police alleged Ms Oakley threatened the man, suggested he should end his life and then threatened to run up the phone bill into thousands of dollars.
At 9.50pm on Friday the man and a friend went to the woman's home, there was a verbal argument and Ms Oakley threw a garbage bag at her ex-boyfriend.
She also punched him a number of times and hit him with an empty bottle.
He picked u a red pole to defend himself and she took the pole off him, hitting him over the head with it six times.
The victim suffered a laceration to the head which required three stitches when he went to Warrnambool Base Hospital bleeding profusely.
Ms Oakley threw the mobile phone on the ground.
She went to the Warrnambool police station and when interviewed showed little remorse and admitted she assaulted the man.
She has been charged with recklessly causing injury, assault with a weapon, unlawful assaults and committing offences on bail.
Ms Oakley was already on bail for theft of a vehicle, driving in a dangerous manner, causing criminal damage, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and unlawful assault.
She is also facing four counts of breaching court orders and in February this year was placed on a good behaviour bond for threatening to inflict injuries among other charges.
Police claim Ms Oakley has a history of conflict with ex-partners.
Magistrate Mark Stratmann said the police case had significant strength but Ms Oakley had very limited criminal history.
He said the case involved bizarre elements and no bail conditions could be put in place to reduce the risk of further offending.
Ms Oakley was remanded in custody to appear in court again on August 28.
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