Man who beat and stabbed partner avoids jail after Magistrate asks him to ‘cross his heart' he won't do it again

Man who beat and stabbed partner avoids jail after Magistrate asks him to ‘cross his heart' he won't do it again He pleaded guilty to six 'deeply disturbing' violent attacks on his own girlfriend. Baiden Foley, 18, avoided jail anyway by simply promising the magistrate he'll behave A man has narrowly avoided doing serious time behind bars for his "horrendous" attacks on a woman after a Magistrate asked him to "cross his heart and swear to God" that he would behave.Australian man Baiden Foley pleaded to six charges of extreme violence against his partner of three months in Kalgoorlie Magistrate's Court on Thursday following a string of violent attacks against his own girlfriend back in April of this year. Over several days, the 18-year-old embarked on a "deeply disturbing" campaign of violence against his lover, whom he beat several times with his fists and a metal broom. When the metal broom broke, he stabbed her in the face with it.He later pleaded guilty to six separate counts of aggravated violence, with charges including aggravated unlawful wounding, aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm, and aggravated made a threat to do an act, among others. But, despite his acts of extreme violence, Foley was released back into the community hours later after the Magistrate made him promise to be good. Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court heard how Foley, 18, had accused his girlfriend of cheating on him on two occasions in April in which he severely beat her. The court, in Western Australia, heard how the first beating came on April 20.Foley woke up at about 10am and made a beeline for his victim to berate her as he believed she had been unfaithful to him while a police restraining order had been in place. The 18-year-old man then punched her in the face multiple times before beating her with a metal broom. The attacks only stopped when police arrived and intervened, with officers finding the woman hiding in a cupboard from Foley. Her body was covered in welts. Officers served her violent attacker with a fresh police order, but four days later he returned for round two. Again, Foley woke his victim and accused her of cheating on him. He then ignored her pleas that she had, in fact, been faithful. He continued to berate her before he grabbed the same metal broom to beat her again. The boom, which had since been snapped in half, now had a sharp, shard-like edge.Foley used the now-makeshift metal blade to stab his girlfriend in the face. He stabbed her in the chin, slicing multiple layers of skin in the process. The 18-year-old man fled before police arrived, but he was soon found hiding in a storeroom at the same property as his now-blood soaked girlfriend. During the second attack on his girlfriend, the court was told of how Foley had armed himself with a serrated steak knife. He then told his mother he would "stab her in the face and burn her house down".But, in spite of numerous acts of incredible violence - all of which Foley pleaded guilty to - he walked free later that day after promising the Magistrate not to misbehave again. Magistrate Donna Webb dubbed his attacks against his girlfriend as "horrendous", "deeply disturbing", and "quite concerning". She said it was troubling how quickly his offending had escalated, despite having a limited criminal history. She worried the impact jail would have on a man who was basically still a teenager.Foley's lawyer then urged the court to place the 18-year-old man on a community service order instead. Webb noted that Foley had previously ignored court orders, simply choosing "not do them". Webb dubbed the man's violent fits of rage as an example of "extraordinarily serious domestic violence". Then, she spoke to the 18-year-old directly. Foley, who appeared via video link from remand, was then asked to "cross his heart and swear to God" that he would comply with a court order. He said he would. Webb suspended his six-month jail term for the entire six months, put him on a 12-month community-based order, and gave the man a fine.