Overview

• Ethan Davis, 24, was sentenced in the NSW District Court to a three-year Intensive Correction Order served in the community, with time already spent on remand taken into account and the order expiring in September 2028.
• He pleaded guilty to kidnapping, using a carriage service to harass, intimidation, threatening to distribute an intimate image, using an offensive weapon and possessing MDMA.
• Court documents state he grabbed his former partner, forced her into a car, drove to North Head in Manly, and deleted messages and screenshots while armed and wearing gloves.
• Judge Miiko Kumar accepted findings that the offending was serious yet impulsive, noted his youth and remorse, and found his primary motive was to erase incriminating messages he feared could cost him his job.
• Conditions include a tailored program on respect for women and prevention of domestic violence, a ban on drug use, and supervision, with the victim reporting ongoing PTSD, sleeplessness and fear after more than 200 calls, a 1c transfer message and threats preceding the abduction.