Brayden Hawke, 21, of Shepparton pleaded guilty in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to intentionally causing injury.
Court documents show Hawke and two co-accused men went to a Shepparton house at 2am on March 28 last year to confront a man who had an altercation with Hawke at Hawke’s house a few weeks earlier.
The court was told Hawke and one of his co-accused picked up metal poles with which to arm themselves on the way to the house.
Outside the house, the man they went to confront went to get on a motorbike and ride away, but one of Hawke’s co-accused allegedly punched him in the face and then hit him in the head with a pole.
The victim pulled out a homemade taser and used it on the men before running back inside the house.
Hawke and the two co-accused tried to get into the house, body-slamming the door, before the victim ran out the back door, jumped the fence and ran away to seek help, the court heard.
His keys fell out of his pocket as he did so, and one of the co-accused picked up the keys and rode off on the motorbike.
Meanwhile, the victim went into another house, where the owner found him hiding in the bathroom, and took him to the garage while they called police.
Out of fear he would be found, the victim ran to another house and requested an ambulance.
At hospital he was treated for four lacerations to his face, and he had a small brain bleed.
The victim’s motorbike was found at one of the co-accused’s girlfriend’s house on March 31.
Hawke’s defence solicitor Laurence Waugh told the court his client was “not the principal offender” and was younger than his two co-accused.
He also said while it was alleged Hawke had picked up a metal pole earlier, he had “abandoned it” before the assault took place.
Mr Waugh also said his client had a low IQ and that he struggled to understand consequences of his actions.
Hawke also had a “challenging childhood” and had “all the hallmarks of a highly dysfunctional and troubled youth”, the defence solicitor said.
Mr Waugh asked that his client be sentenced to a community corrections order, with a Youth Justice Plan.
Hawke will return to court in May for the matter to continue.
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