Jason Cameron Harvey yesterday was found not guilty of attacking his ex-girlfriend with a pitchfork.
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A Dubbo District Court jury took less than one hour to acquit the 22-year-old of three charges laid in relation to an incident which left Jessica Hester with two prong wounds to the shoulder.
Mr Harvey showed no visible sign of emotion as the verdict was read.
During a three-day trial he was accused of attacking Ms Hester while she slept next to another man, Jy Heslop, on a property near Warren in the early hours of Boxing Day.
The court heard Mr Harvey and Ms Hester - partners of three years who were in the area cotton chipping - broke up about one week before the incident.
The pair were both at a Christmas Party on the property, when Ms Hester befriended Mr Heslop and eventually went into a bedroom with him.
Ms Hester said her ex-lover left the party but returned while she slept and stabbed her in the shoulder with the pitchfork. When he entered the witness stand yesterday morning Mr Harvey - who pleaded not guilty to the three charges which included malicious wounding - denied the allegation.
He admitted to going back to the property, however said he only wanted to get the key to a room Ms Hester had rented at a hotel in Warren.
He said he knocked on the door of the room and asked for the key, but was told to get it himself.
According to Mr Harvey he entered the room to discover Mr Heslop had a weapon.
"I turned the light on and I could see Jy sit up," he testified.
"I saw him reach to his left - he reached for the pitchfork. I thought it was a shovel - I saw the handle but didn't see the prongs."
Mr Harvey said he ran to the bed, punched Mr Heslop in the face and wrestled for the pitchfork.
Ms Hester, who sustained two puncture wounds to her shoulder, joined in the struggle, and was pulling the weapon towards herself by the prongs when he let go and ran away, Mr Harvey told the court.
He admitted to being upset his ex-girlfriend had fraternised with someone else, however denied it made him angry.