A Mount Warrigal man sent his ex-partner more than 160 violent text messages overnight including threatening to rape her before choking her while she slept the next morning, a court has heard.
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David John Welland, aged 49, was denied bail when he appeared in Wollongong Local Court on Monday afternoon.
Documents tendered to court reveal Welland and his alleged victim were in a relationship for 24 years before it ended in May.
Police will allege Welland called his ex-partner 169 times, all of which were unanswered, in just over 12 hours from 8.20pm on October 23.
He also alleged sent her a barrage of text messages including "be at your[s] soon slut", "getting drunk don't come home or you'll cop it" and "your room will be trashed".
He allegedly also said "I'm sleeping in your bed" before the messages turned violent, allegedly sending, "my turn to rape you"; "wait till you see tappped [sic] David tonight you haven't seen me go off yet whore" and "I'm going to kick your dirty ***t in slut, I'm fuming can't wait".
The following morning, the woman was awoken to find Welland allegedly sitting on her side of the bed.
Police will allege the woman tried to escape across the bed but Welland grabbed her by the throat and pinned her down by her right shoulder.
The woman yelled out for help however, Welland allegedly put his hand over her mouth causing her to pass out for a short time, police will allege.
Police will allege the woman was able to get free and Welland left the home.
She reported the alleged violence to Lake Illawarra police later that night.
Officers said the woman had a black right eye as well as redness and swelling to her throat and minor bruising to her right shoulder allegedly caused by Welland.
She told police she was "terrified" by the barrage of phone calls and the nature of the text messages.
Welland handed himself into police on Monday morning where he was arrested and charged with using a carriage service to harass someone; assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intentionally chocking a person without consent.
In court on Monday, police prosecutor Ben Bragger labelled the set of police facts as "shocking" as he opposed Welland's bail application due to the risk of him committing further serious offences and endangering the safety of the victim.
He said the allegations were "absolutely abominable" and said there could be "nothing scarier" than being a woman awaking up to find a man sitting on her bed before allegedly being choked.
Welland's defence lawyer Stewart Holt said his client denied the allegation he choked his ex-partner and noted he had not offended in 10 years as well as his diagnosis of bipolar disorder as reason why he should be released.
Magistrate Mark Douglass said the allegations were "serious" and was concerned about the "violent and graphic nature of the threats" towards the alleged victim.
He said strangulation could be a fatal act and often left the victim with physical and psychological trauma.
"Strangulation in domestic violence incidents can often be an indicator of further domestic violence," Magistrate Douglass said.
"The risk to the victim is too great. I am not satisfied bail conditions could mitigate the risk."
The case was adjourned to November 12.
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