During the ACT Supreme Court trial, jurors heard two men armed with bats stormed the Bonython home in December last year.

Rian Stephen Minnis, 29, denied involvement and the trial hinged on whether he had been one of the men.

But the jury took less than two hours to find Minnis guilty of assault, entering a property without consent, and threatening to cause harm.

The court heard the homes’ occupants, a family, were asleep in front of the television in the living room about 4am.

Minnis entered the room and used a baseball bat to hit a woman on the leg and then repeatedly strike a man in the head.

The offenders fled after the man managed to break free and escape to the back of the house.

The family called police.

The man suffered head wounds and the woman suffered injuries to her leg and wrist.

The court heard the incident had been sparked by a dispute over a pair of shoes days earlier.

Jurors heard three of the five occupants home at the time of the invasion had identified Minnis as the man who wielded the bat.

The injured woman said she had known Minnis for almost a decade and had been close friends for much of that time.

She said the pair first met as neighbours and the offender had lodged with her for a period.

The court also heard from a boy who identified Minnis as the attacker.

But the defence team argued Minnis jurors could not be satisfied of Minnis’ guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

Defence counsel James Lawton said identification details of the offenders clothing provided the three witnesses had been contradictory.

Mr Lawton said the trio also failed to mention Minnis’ distinctive tattoos or a black eye he had at the time.

Minnis was remanded in custody and will reappear before Chief Justice Helen Murrell for sentence next month.