A MAGISTRATE has slammed a lawyer’s submission that his female client be put on an adjourned undertaking for repeatedly punching her former partner to the head.

Magistrate Greg Robinson said domestic violence was a serious issue and violence ­between partners, irrespective of gender, would not be ­tolerated.

“I wonder, if it was a man punching a woman to the head with a clenched fist, would you be making the same application,” Mr Robinson asked lawyer Michael Brugman.

Erana Rudolph, 25, of Leopold, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of unlawful assault.

Prosecutor Leading Senior Constable David Vanderpol said about 9am on November 8 last year the male victim went to a house occupied by ­Rudolph and the pair argued.

Sen-Constable Vanderpol said Rudolph became aggressive and, as the victim walked away, she went after him, punching him repeatedly to the head with a clenched fist.

“She continued after him, punching him to the head until he managed to get in his car and close the door,” the prosecutor said.

Sen-Constable Vanderpol said about 3.30pm on November 22, the male victim, this time in company with his ­father, went to the house on another matter.

“Rudolph again became ­aggressive and punched him to the head seven or eight times as he tried to get into the car to leave,” he said.

“She was arrested on ­December 15 at Dunloe Ave, Norlane.

“When asked her reason for the assaults Rudolph replied, ‘self-defence’.”

Mr Brugman said his client had four children and the victim was a big man.

Sen-Constable Vanderpol said domestic violence was a serious issue in the community and an adjourned undertaking was inappropriate in the ­circumstances.

“If it was in the reverse, we would be talking about a jail sentence,” he said.

Mr Robinson agreed, saying an adjourned undertaking was highly insufficient and that Rudolph had a history of ­violence.

She was convicted and placed on a six-month community corrections order to undergo anger management treatment.