A Sydney mine worker who terrorised his ex-partner after refusing to accept the end of their relationship has been heavily criticised for blaming his victim for his actions.
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Ahmed Aumash, 39, told authorities the Illawarra woman "set him up" and attempted to dismiss his crimes against her as "a misunderstanding", despite clear evidence showing he had carried out a frightening campaign of intimidation since the demise of their relationship.
Court documents said Aumash repeatedly turned up at the woman's house unannounced between April and June last year, sometimes begging her to take him back and other times abusing her and threatening to kill her or any man she might be seeing.
During at least one visit, Aumash demanded the victim talk to police about dropping the charges against him.
"I swear to god, I'm gonna take down every single one of your family members individually," he said.
"You have no idea who you're dealing with. You're listening to all the wrong people, the cops, your parents, the social workers....I'm not threatening you, I'm promising you."
In between the unwanted visits, Aumash also bombarded the victim with hundreds of phone calls and text messages.
A search of Aumash's phone after his arrest revealed he'd made almost 500 phone calls to the victim and sent her 98 text message on April 23 alone.
Judge Andrew Haesler was scathing of Aumash's behaviour during a recent sentencing hearing, particularly his attempts to blame the victim for his actions when speaking to a psychologist and a Community Corrections officer.
"His expressions of remorse and his contrition were qualified by comments such as it was "all a misunderstanding" and "she set me up"," Judge Haesler said.
"Aumash was not remorseful. He has no concerns other than for himself.
"He refused to accept [the victim]s clear and unambiguous ending of their relationship. Even after a year in jail to reflect he still has no idea how serious his crimes were and how they impacted on [the victim]."
In a victim impact statement tendered to the court, the woman said she felt "gutted and numb" by what had occurred and was still trying to understand what had been done to her.
She revealed she had had to move as a result of Aumash's actions and was now less trusting and more suspicious of others.
Judge Haesler sentenced Aumash to three years and three months' jail, with a non-parole period of two years.
With time served, he will be eligible for release to supervised parole in September 2021.
