By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A NARRE WARREN South man has been jailed after pleading guilty to Facebook abuse of two victims in breach of a full family violence intervention order.
Lionel Ari Albert had denied to police he was bound by the order, which banned him from approaching and contacting the victims, or publishing on the internet about them, a court was told on 11 October.
According to a police summary, Albert – an ice user with an extensive history of drug possession and trafficking – had been kept in custody since arrested over the matters in Noble Park in late August.
In one of his Facebook posts in April-June, he had called one of the victims a “f***ing low life dog” and that she was a “full of s*** b****”.
Albert ended the message with “ps the turk will find you dog”.
The victim knew of “the turk” as Albert’s friend and someone known to act violently to women, according to the summary.
Albert admitted to police that he posted the items but denied to police that he knew “the turk”.
He told them he had the right to publish the posts, claiming not to recognise the intervention order under the “Queen’s law”, according to the police summary.
Albert was also charged with harassing one of the victims, phoning up to seven times on a private number on 21 August and referring to “the turk” post.
“I have not breached anything. Those are alleged lies. I never called her in my life,” he allegedly told police.
Albert was also charged with driving unlicenced, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving an unroadworthy vehicle and driving with false number plates in Noble Park on 3 April.
Magistrate Julie O’Donnell said the “distasteful” posts and phone calls had been frightening to the victim.
She said Albert’s offending contravened his community correction order at the time.
She didn’t penalise him for that since he’d otherwise completed 90 per cent of required appointments and unpaid work.
Albert was jailed for eight months and fined $1500 on the other matters.
His 45 days in remand were counted as time served in custody.
