A man who took part in violent protests sparked by a Sydney bishop's stabbing has been detained on fresh domestic violence charges.
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Issa Haddad was due to be sentenced at Fairfield Local Court on Wednesday.
He has pleaded guilty to threatening violence to cause fear outside Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in April, when he demanded the teen who allegedly attacked the bishop be handed over to the mob as an "eye for an eye".
He was also due to be sentenced for filming in court and assault after lashing out at journalists outside Fairfield Courthouse following a hearing in May.
On Wednesday, Magistrate Julie Zaki postponed the sentence until June 24 after hearing that four new domestic violence charges had been brought against Haddad.
The 28-year-old watched the hearing by video link from Liverpool Police Station, where he had been locked up due to breaching bail conditions on earlier charges.
During an argument in his family home in early June, Haddad allegedly called his mother a "rat" and a "dog" before putting his hands around her neck, choking her and pinning her against a wall.
The alleged attack left her with marks around her neck and a broken necklace.
Haddad's Legal Aid solicitor told the court he will plead not guilty to four DV charges relating to his parents.
Despite being an alleged victim, his father sat in the courtroom as support during Wednesday's hearing.
He watched on as police prosecutors successfully applied to have his son detained on remand ahead of sentencing.
Haddad's solicitor argued that detention was not warranted as the Sydney man had a mild intellectual disability, mental health issues, plus a shoulder injury which could not be properly treated in prison.
However, Ms Zaki agreed with prosecutors, saying that there was no information about whether medication required to treat Haddad's mental conditions could be available behind bars.
There were also no details on how serious his shoulder injury was, she said.
After the decision, Haddad began ranting loudly but was told to keep quiet by the magistrate, who warned him that anything he said would not be in his best interest given his pleas of not guilty.
Police allege about 2000 people gathered outside the western Sydney church after Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and priest Isaac Royel were stabbed during a live-streamed service.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence over the stabbing, which police allege was religiously motivated.
Thirty people have been arrested over the riot, during which dozens of police were injured and their cars vandalised.
Some officers and paramedics were also forced to shelter inside the place of worship before the 16-year-old could be safely taken away.
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