A Port Kembla man kidnapped and assaulted a woman during a 30-minute car ride before he pushed her out of the moving vehicle, a court has heard.
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Shay-lin Stenzel, 28, pleaded guilty to carrying out the terrifying ordeal when he appeared in Wollongong Local Court this week.
Agreed facts tendered to court said the victim attended a Koonawarra home and stayed overnight on October 22 last year.
The woman was awoken about 3am by a loud argument between Stenzel and his sister and when she went outside to ask what was happening, Stenzel punched her in the mouth with a closed fist.
The woman asked a friend to take her home. However, Stenzel got in the driver's seat, despite being disqualified, before he yelled at the woman to get in.
She got into the passenger seat believing she would be hurt either way.
Stenzel drove the car from Koonawarra to Mount Kembla, which took 30 minutes, during which time he repeatedly punched the woman and used his backhand to slap her in the face and head.
He was yelling at her and the woman pleaded for him to stop as she was in pain.
The woman turned in her seat and tried to kick Stenzel so that she could escape but that made him more angry and he slammed on the brakes.
He parked the car, leant over and continued attacking the woman before he opened the passenger door and started to drive off, pushing her out of the car.
The woman landed on her left shoulder and head before rolling over and hitting her knee. The woman hid in bushland until she flagged down a passing driver who took her to Wollongong Police Station, arriving at 6am.
The woman was treatment for facial pain and swelling, pain to her left shoulder, a partially dislodged tooth, cuts to her lips, a graze on her forehead and grazes to her knees at Wollongong Hospital.
Police were not able to find Stenzel, however on October 25 patrolling police were in Berkeley when they came across the car used in the kidnapping, a grey Audi sedan, and saw Stenzel driving.
Police tried to stop Stenzel however he accelerated harshly and a pursuit was started.
Stenzel drove well above the speed limit before he drove on the other side of the road on Northcliffe Drive. The pursuit was terminated.
A few days later on October 28, police were told Stenzel was at a home in Lake Heights and they arrested him hiding in a bedroom cupboard before he was charged.
He has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm by detaining a person with intent to commit intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
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