A man who allegedly assaulted his partner while playing a video game that was being livestreamed on the internet has previous convictions for "matters involving violence", court documents have revealed.
Luke James Munday, 26, was surrounded by a large media pack as he arrived at Camden Local Court south-west of Sydney today, but did not answer any questions.
He is facing one charge of common assault for allegedly hitting his wife after she asked him to stop playing the video game Fortnite on Sunday night.
The alleged assault was not captured on the game's livestream but Mr Munday's partner could be heard crying and screaming and saying she had been hit in the face.
Police arrested Mr Munday three hours later.
Court documents revealed this was not the first time Mr Munday had been in trouble with the law.
"The accused has a number of convictions/findings of guilt for matters involving violence," the court document stated.
The documents also said there were "numerous independent witnesses" to Sunday's alleged assault because "a portion of the incident was livestreamed".
"The accused has shown remorse towards the victim after the commission of the offence," the document said.
In court, Mr Munday's solicitor Steven Mercael asked for a four-week adjournment so his client could seek more legal advice.
He also asked for one condition on an apprehended violence order (AVO) to be changed, saying Mr Munday's wife had written a letter to support this. The court did not hear what the condition was.
Magistrate Ian Cheetham granted the adjournment and said the man must enter a plea at his next court appearance.
He also said he would deal with the AVO application on the next occasion.
Mr Mercael asked for his client to be excused from his next court appearance due to the large amount of media attention the case has received.
The magistrate approved that request and will hear the matter next on January 10.
