Jesse John Rose became irate and highly aggressive in the dock after learning he would be spending the next 14 months behind bars over a violent glassing incident at the Central Hotel at Shellharbour in May 2016.

With his girlfriend sobbing uncontrollably in the public gallery, Rose, a one-time aspiring rugby league player, swore and kicked the door of the dock before moving out into the body of the courtroom and “shaping up” to prison staff who were attempting to take hold of him.

Rose repeatedly told the officers to get their hands off him before taking a step back towards the bar table where his lawyers had been sitting just moments earlier.

He then picked up two chairs in quick succession, holding each one above his head and throwing them at the officers. Moments later, one of the officers rounded the dock, grabbed Rose in a bear hug and swiftly tackled him to the ground.

He was soon assisted by sheriffs officers, NSW Police and other Corrective Services staff. Rose was eventually subdued and taken downstairs to the court cells.

The ugly display came less than 45 minutes after Rose’s lawyers had finished telling Judge Andrew Haesler their client was now a different person compared to the violent, belligerent drunk who pegged a schooner glass at a security guard in response to being asked to leave the hotel on the evening of May 21.

An agreed statement of facts tendered to the court said Rose and a friend, Jaye Pearson, had been drinking at the hotel when Pearson began aggravating another patron in the pokie room.

At one stage, Pearson appears to grab the patron by the genitals, resulting in the hotel’s management becoming aware of the situation and asking the two men to leave.

However, both Rose and Pearson refused to go, prompting the victim to approach the pair to reinforce the direction.

Rose became aggressive towards the guard, calling him a “dog” and spitting in his face.

Fearful he was going to be further assaulted, the victim threw a punch at Rose, however as a result of performing the swinging action, the victim’s knees gave way underneath him and he collapsed and couldn’t get back up.

CCTV footage played in court shows Rose peg his schooner glass at the victim, hitting him in the right side of the head.

He and Pearson were then escorted outside and held while emergency services were contacted.

The victim was transported to hospital where it was revealed he had suffered a depressed skull. He also had a 7cm-long gash to the side of his head that required stitching.

Rose pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless wounding.

In court on Friday, defence lawyers argued against a prison sentence for Rose, saying he was now in a steady relationship, had a job at Bunnings and had not been in trouble with the law since that night.

Rose’s boss described him as an “honourable individual” who he said was a valued member of his team, while Rose himself wrote in a letter to the court that he was “a changed man”.

“I want to strive to be a good bloke and a good role model,” he said.

But Judge Haesler refused the request for leniency, ruling the matter was too serious to warrant anything other than full-time jail.

“People should be able to go out at night or go to work at a hotel without ending up on an operating theatre,” he said.

Rose will be eligible for release on parole in June 2019.