A FORMER South East man may be tracked by the South Australian Government beyond the expiration of his parole, which he is serving in relation to violent offending against his former domestic partner.
Nikola Novakovich, 47, appeared in the Adelaide Supreme Court for a special hearing on Wednesday after being released on parole earlier this year.
The prosecution asked for the defendant to be placed on an extended supervision order, allowing him to be tracked by an electric-monitoring device once his parole expires in September.
Novakovich will be assessed by a health professional to determine the likelihood of further offences of serious violence.
Novakovich is currently on parole after being sentenced to one year and 10 months imprisonment with a 14-month non-parole period in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court last year.
The sentence was imposed after he pleaded guilty to a “sustained and vicious” assault against his domestic partner in Millicent on November 5, 2017.
The court heard the victim was woken by Novakovich kicking her to the head, telling her to clean their temporary motorhome.
After a verbal exchange, Novakovich grabbed the victim by the hair and punched her to the right eye before placing her into a choke hold until she became unconscious.
While the victim was on the ground, the defendant again kicked her to the back of the head before emptying the contents of a garbage bag on her head.
The victim fled the bus to run into the house on the property they were camping in, locking herself in the bathroom.
She attempted to return to the bus to collect her belongings when Novakovich threatened her with a whipper snipper, saying she should not have hit him first.
Magistrate Teresa Anderson revealed that Novakovich had an extended history of violence, however information relating to most of it has since been suppressed by the court.
Novakovich also stood trial in 2015, accused of murdering teenager Karen Williams in 1990 because she had witnessed him commit an armed robbery.
The allegations were denied and after spending over two years in prison on remand, The Supreme Court found Novakovich not guilty of both murder and an alternate charge of manslaughter.
He will return to court in September.
