Magistrate Jan Stevenson ordered that Gary Milton, 21, be taken into custody for sentencing over what the magistrate called “an outrageous assault”.

“I’ve seen a lot, but not seen one of such a calibre for some time,” she said.

Ms Stevenson remanded Milton in custody for sentence on August 10 pending a Probation and Parole Service pre-sentence report.

Milton – of Woodgate Crescent, Penrith – was arrested at Bloomfield on May 6, a day after a vicious strangling assault on an 18-year-old woman with a 10-month-old baby.

Acting police prosecutor Sergeant Phillip Donato tendered a statement of facts surrounding police use of the Taser stun gun on Tuesday, May 5 in Rocket Street, Bathurst.

Sergeant Donato said the young mother had invited friends, including Milton, to drink from a wine cask at her home until 1.30am when she asked them to leave.

Milton had returned about 2am, grabbing the back of the young woman’s head and bashing it into a bedroom wall causing her to fall to the floor before Milton picked her up by the throat, police said.

The statement related how the young woman’s head had smashed holes in the wall before Milton dragged her to a bedroom and punched her in the head with a closed fist.

Milton had taken the woman’s throat and tightened his grip, police said, before she escaped and called police.

Police arrived to find Milton in an aggressive state yelling “the only way you’ll get me out of here, is shoot me”.

According to the statement, Milton also yelled “I’m going to get a knife and run at you and make you shoot me”.

He headbutted and kicked walls and pulled a door from its hinges before he was stunned by Taser and taken to Bloomfield Hospital.

Police said the woman suffered cuts to her head, lumps on her forehead and bruising to her neck and face.

Milton’s solicitor Mick Madden claimed his client felt instant remorse after he realised that he had grabbed his victim by the throat and punched her.

Mr Madden said it was that realisation that led Milton to call for police to shoot him.

The solicitor told Ms Stevenson Milton had no prior record for assaults.