Judge warns man jail will be next

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A 34-year-old man has been told by a judge he will find himself behind bars if he breaches a protection order again.

Danny Mark Pearce pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching a protection order when he appeared before Judge Tony Walsh in the Masterton District Court recently.

The court heard from police prosecutor sergeant Garry Wilson that on July 21 at about 12.30pm when the unemployed man went to drop off his two-year-old daughter to his ex-partner's home he arrived in an "agitated" state.

He smashed an ashtray on the front doorstep and started verbally abusing the woman, threatening to go to her work, smash her car and slash her tyres, he said.

He left, returning 30 minutes later and continued abusing her.

When spoken to by police he said he had "no control over what he did", the court heard.

Ten days later, Pearce was waiting outside his partner's children's school.

As she dropped them off he "yanked open" the rear driver's side door and tried to remove their two-year-old daughter from her carseat as he demanded the other children get out of the car, Mr Wilson said.

Climbing into the front passenger's seat he began yelling at his former partner, accusing her of having an affair, the sergeant told the court.

He then got out of the car and removed the child from her carseat as the woman pleaded for him to put her back as she was ill.

Before trying to grab the car keys from the ignition, he got back into the car yelling at the woman.

The victim pushed him away and as she drove away he followed in his car until he saw her on her mobile phone.

Lawyer Virginia Pearson told the court plans were underway to get him on a programme.

Judge Walsh told him if he breached the protection order again there would be little choice but a remand in jail.

"You need to understand the court has concerns about breaches of protection orders. This order is a serious order.

"If you breach it there are consequences. You will find yourself in custody," he told Pearce.

Pearce was remanded on bail to a Foxton address for a pre-sentence report and sentencing on September 26.