A MAN with a history of violence has been granted bail after the alleged victim of serious domestic violence offences went interstate and declined to give evidence by audiovisual link.
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Christopher Lee Jackson, 29, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault with an act of indecency, common assault, stalking and intimidating and contravening an apprehended violence order.
The offences are alleged to have occurred at Dubbo between 3pm and 3.46pm on August 2.
Jackson has pleaded guilty to an additional charge of possessing two tablets of the prohibited drug Lysergic acid (LSD) between 2.50pm and 3.30pm on September 10.
A solicitor from the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) told Dubbo Local Court the domestic violence-related offences had previously been set down for hearing.
"Mr Jackson has been in custody bail refused since September 11," the solicitor said.
"Now the prosecution wants to vacate the hearing because the alleged victim will be in Melbourne for two weeks and is unwilling to give evidence by audiovisual link.
"No reason has been given for the trip."
The solicitor asked Magistrate Andrew Eckhold to hear a fresh bail application.
"Mr Jackson has been employed for more than 10 years with a fencing company," the solicitor said.
"He has a job and a place to live."
Police opposed bail, citing the risk of further offending and endangerment of the alleged victim.
"He has committed prior acts of violence against the same victim for which imprisonment has been imposed," the prosecutor said.
Magistrate Eckhold said he had concerns about Jackson remaining bail refused.
Jackson was ordered to live at a specified address and not contact or approach the complainant.
Charges were adjourned to November 25.