SHARDS of glass narrowly missed a young child sleeping in a cot after a man affected by drugs and alcohol smashed a window in a random attack, a court has been told.

The Mildura Magistrates' Court heard 39-year-old Sosaia Laloni Kolofale had been visiting Mildura from Canberra for a family gathering when he had "a few too many drinks" and consumed methamphetamine before he smashed the window and ...