William John Bond, 34, of Worrigee, pleaded guilty to charges of destroy or damage property, common assault, escaping police custody, and break-and-enter and commit a serious indictable offence in September.

He re-appeared in Batemans Bay Local Court on Monday, November 1, for a sentencing hearing.

According to police facts tendered to the court, Bond threw a glass bottle at a man's windscreen near the corner of Evans Street and Albert Street, Moruya, about 7.15pm on December 4, 2020.

He then smashed the car's side mirror with another bottle before attempting to assault the driver.

Later that evening, Bond broke into a unit on Evans Street by kicking the door down while the female occupant was inside.

He then smashed a bar stool into a window, causing a flyscreen to fall out.

When police attempted to arrest Bond later that night on Woodbridge Avenue, he escaped custody when other people in the area prevented the police from making an arrest.

He was arrested at a later date and charged with the offences he pleaded guilty to.

In court, Bond's lawyer said he had secured a spot at a full-time rehabilitation centre on the South Coast.

"Despite his lengthy criminal record, I submit this is a circumstance where you would consider an intensive corrections order," his lawyer said.

"The primary reasons are each offence falls towards the lower end of seriousness, he entered pleas at the earliest opportunity, and he has done all he can in custody to prepare himself for full-time rehabilitation.

"It's a matter where he has a record which suggests full-time jail doesn't work. It might fulfil the need for punishment, but it doesn't address the need for rehabilitation."

Bond's lawyer described the break-in as a "drunken act towards someone who had done Mr Bond wrong in some way", and the assault as "clumsy".

"It was a clumsy assault, there was no physical contact and the driver was able to shrug him off and get away," he said.

"There's no indication the victim of the break in suffered any trauma."

However, a DPP prosecutor told Magistrate Doug Dick they had "limited faith" Bond wouldn't re-offend.

"There may not have been lasting effects (of the break in), but it was still completely inappropriate," she said.

"Officers can be seen attempting to reason with the offender (on his attempted arrest), but he ultimately fled the scene and it took several months for police to locate him.

"He has told a psychologist he wasn't himself that day, but the reality is he absconded and didn't report to police when he had ample opportunity in the following months."

Magistrate Doug Dick sentenced Bond to a two-year intensive corrections order, but warned him his future was in his hands.

"The court will support you in changing your ways," he said.

"Your focus is to get on the right track, or there will be further jail time and you'll go back to that revolving door."

Bond must not leave the rehabilitation centre unless he is in the company of a staff member, and must submit to supervision from community corrections once his rehabilitation program is complete.