A Canberra man pleaded guilty on Thursday to his role in a violent home burglary in which one of the intruders punctured a man's lung.
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Sugimatatihuna Bernard Gabriel Mena, 19, appeared briefly in the ACT Magistrates Court where the matter was committed to a higher court for sentence.
He is charged with aggravated burglary, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm and pleaded guilty to each offence.
Court documents tendered on an earlier occasion said two men and a woman were watching television when two men entered their Kaleen flat shouting "don't f---ing move" about 7.30pm on May 8.
The two men tried to push the alleged offenders out the door.
It's alleged an intruder who was armed with a knife started stabbing at one of the men. He tried to jab his stomach before slashing his thumb and forearm as the man tried to wrestle the knife from his grip.
The man grabbed the bat and started hitting the alleged offender until he fled. The other intruder wrestled with the second man before he also ran out of the flat.
The men chased the two alleged offenders down the street before the second man noticed he felt hazy and dizzy.
The other two victims noticed his shirt was covered in blood and realised he'd been stabbed.
They took the man inside and laid him down on the floor. He recalled feeling disoriented, thirsty and short of breath, court documents said.
His father arrived to find blood gushing from a wound on his back and used a tea towel to try to stop the bleeding.
Paramedics arrived and took the man to hospital, where he was treated for the knife wound, a punctured lung and a cut to his face that required stitches. He needed surgery to drain and fix his lung.
A forensics team took blood samples and seized the knife, bat and pole from the flat. Police said they used DNA evidence to link Mr Mena to the scene.
He was arrested in Civic after police recognised him near the courts precinct.
Magistrate Glenn Theakston also set down a series of traffic matters for sentence in the ACT Magistrates Court.
Mena pleaded guilty on Thursday to offences of drug driving, driving while licence is suspended and using an unregistered or suspended and uninsured vehicle.
These matters return to court for sentence on January 1.
The home invasion offences will go before the ACT Supreme Court for mention on November 2.
