A man has avoided jail time after he was convicted over a violent attack involving a builder's spirit level.
Abdul Assad threatened and beat his neighbours, Qutaiba Mehmood and Ali Ahmed, in their Punchbowl carpark in May last year.
Assad broke Mehmood's arm with the spirit level.
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"Doctors have recommended me not to lift anything for two years other than a cup of coffee," Mehmood told 9News.
"Whenever I go to that street or that area I get traumatised."
The 44-year-old father pleaded guilty to multiple charges in court today.
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Assad was sentenced to 21 months and the magistrate has allowed him to serve the time in the community under an intensive corrections order.
