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Two Wells home invader “pressured” into attack
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A 36-YEAR-OLD man will spend at last three years and three months in prison for his role in a violent home invasion at Two Wells in 2017.

Isaac Giordimania faced the Adelaide District Court in December after pleading guilty to aggravated offences of criminal trespass in a place of residence and robbery and basic offences of false  imprisonment and assault occasioning harm.

Giordimania was one in a group of attackers who forced entry into a home at Two Wells wearing face marks and balaclavas before attacking the homeowner with a taser, tying him up and assaulting him.

A visitor to the home was also unlawfully detained.

The father of four was sentenced to a maximum of five years and eight months behind bars, with a non-parole period of three years and three months.

His sentence was backdated to commence on September 9, 2017, the day of his arrest, meaning he will be eligible for release in December.

During the 45-minute attack, one of the intruders demanded phones, keys and money from the victim while a knife was held to the back of his neck while he was bound on the floor.

The attackers stole three cars, a trailer and three motorbikes from the home, with a transporter van also taken and left abandoned on a nearby street.

In sentencing Judge Sydney Tilmouth said Giordimania admitted kicking down the door of the house, punching the victim and passing tape to an accomplice, knowing it would be used to tie the homeowner up.

“The offences were particularly serious and had a devastating effect on the lives of both victims, judged by the victim impact statements,” she said.

“It is evident that they suffer physically, mentally, emotionally, financially and that they remain in fear.”

During the sentencing hearing, Judge Tilmouth described Giordimania’s traumatic upbringing, including repeated instances of physical and sexual assault which led to “complex” mental health issues and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Prior to the attack, Giordimania had moved in with one of his co-offenders, who supplied him with cocaine and amphetamines, worsening his mental state.

Judge Tilmouth said Giordimania was “pressured” into participating in the attack “at the last minute” on the understanding the victim was a paedophile.

“Your (Giordimania’s) counsel stressed the degree of co-operation with the police, the early pleas of guilty, and the evident demonstration of remorse,” she said.

“He submitted that you were ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’ and in a confused, vulnerable and suggestible mental state.”