Salim Mehajer "has an overwhelming desire to not be in trouble again" after he was convicted and placed on a good behaviour bond for assaulting a taxi driver outside Sydney's Star casino.
The controversial Sydney property developer was also fined and ordered to attend an anger management course after pleading guilty over the attack in April 2017.
Magistrate Vivien Swain in the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday said Mehajer had issues with his temper and the assault was a "spur of the moment" incident.
Defence barrister Phillip Boulten SC said Mehajer "regrets what he did" and has "an overwhelming desire not to be in trouble again".
Mehajer pleaded guilty earlier this week to throwing an EFTPOS machine at cabbie Nazir Syed, who was left with a bloody nose in the early hours of April 2.
The 31-year-old former Auburn deputy mayor also pleaded guilty to damaging a woman's phone prior to the assault.
The lawyer said his client became agitated when being filmed on a mobile phone by the young woman but he admitted Mahajer shouldn't have lashed out at Mr Syed, who was "just doing his job".
Mehajer lost his cool after being "filmed in an unwelcome way ... that caused him concern," Mr Boulten said.
The court heard Mehajer smashed the woman's phone into the ground even though the video had been deleted.
He's been ordered to pay $614 and handed a three-year good behaviour bond.
Police prosecutor Amin Assaad agreed with Mr Boulten the offence was at the lower end of the scale but said a conviction should be recorded.
Mehajer remains behind bars after he was refused bail following allegations of staging a car crash last year to avoid a court hearing over the assault.
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