Joshua Soderman, 30 at the time of the incident, appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday via videolink.

Horsham Sergeant Matt Haughton told the court that on December 11 last year, a witness returned to his residence and heard Soderman - his neighbour - yelling abuse.

Sergeant Haughton said the witness told Soderman to "knock it off" and "go inside", but the accused kept yelling and "not making any sense".

Sergeant Haughton said the accused then grabbed a shovel and proceeded to swing it.

Police attended Soderman's residence at 8.35pm to speak to him about the incident.

Sergeant Haughton said the accused was highly aggravated and appeared to police to be drug-affected.

Soderman was charged over the incident.

Sergeant Haughton said that during a police interview with Soderman, the accused yelled his recollection of events.

"He stated he did have the shovel, as he was unloading a ute," Sergeant Haughton told the court.

"The interview was terminated by police after the accused became aggressive."

Soderman pleaded guilty to three charges relating to the neighbourhood incident.

Soderman had been in custody for 85 days when he appeared in court on Wednesday.

In handing down his sentence, Magistrate Mark Stratmann warned Soderman about his behaviour.

"Sentencing can be for a number of things. It might be to deter someone from behaving the way you have in this situation, or to reflect the community's concerns about this behaviour," he said.

"This kind of behaviour… is within observation of other people. The impact of your behaviour goes out in concentric rings."

Mr Stratmann said Soderman's 85 days in custody meant he had served the time that would have been imposed in such a case, and he released Soderman from custody.