Beau Cassidy falsely imprisoned a woman in her own home, assaulted her and threatened to bash and kill her unless she had sex with him.
He was jailed for nearly three years on Monday by a judge who called out his degrading and humiliating attack on the young woman.
But a reference to the court described the then-25-year-old as a "kind, respectful and caring adult" who has difficulties with addiction.
Cassidy had met the woman on a dating app in mid-2019 and went to her house in the early hours of August 19 that year.
He by-passed the front door of her western Victorian home, walked across her roof and knocked on the back screen door. She invited him in because she was concerned that he was upset.
When her friends went home a short time later, Cassidy locked the security doors. He spat on her and flicked peanuts at her.
The woman, then 21, went into her bathroom to call her friends to come back, but Cassidy began yelling and took her phone.
He threatened her with a plank and kicked her, telling her he would hurt her so badly makeup wouldn't hide it. He threatened to kill her cat.
Then Cassidy stabbed the woman with a kitchen fork to the back of the neck, leaving marks which serve now as a constant reminder of his attack on her, County Court Judge Amanda Chambers said.
He told her if he didn't "get a nut off soon" and she had to get the job done or he would bash her head in.
The woman felt as if she had no choice but to have sex with him. Cassidy pleaded guilty to assault, false imprisonment and two charges of procuring a sexual act by threat.
Afterwards, Cassidy told her if she got pregnant he would kick her in the stomach to end the pregnancy.
Judge Chambers said Cassidy had terrorised the woman in her own home by his degrading and humiliating conduct.
He told police he had been nasty to her but denied the offending, later telling a psychologist that he hadn't held the woman down or forced her in any way.
Judge Chambers said the man's loving and stable upbringing and good work history illustrated the consequences of an ice addiction, noting he was suffering a drug-induced psychosis when he offended.
A family friend, who has offered him a job when he's released from prison, described him as a respectful person whose work commitment is excellent when sober.
Judge Chambers sentenced Cassidy two years and 10 months behind bars, and ordered him to serve at least one year and eight months before he's eligible for parole.
