Nazar Hamdin, 35, of Moad Street was considered to have a of medium to high risk of reoffending when he faced magistrate David Day in Orange Local Court on Wednesday.

According to a summary of information that was presented to the court, Hamdin visited Woolworths in Anson Street at 9.30am on July 15.

He collected some grocery items then went to the express registers where he bypassed the queue of customers and piled his items on an unmanned register.

The victim and another employee walked behind the perspex barrier and reminded Hamdin he was banned from the store and told him to leave.

However, Hamdin leaned into the gap between the perspex barriers and spat on the female victim's fluorescent vest.

He then took a step back and said, "I'm going to come back for youse".

After threatening the workers, Hamdin went to another register where a customer was being served and jumped onto the bag carousel, kicked it a number of times and shook the perspex screen before leaving the store.

Police recognised Hamdin from CCTV footage and arrested him that night at his home.

He has been in custody since that date.

Solicitor Paul Johnson referred to a sentence assessment report when he defended Hamdin, who pleaded guilty to common assault and intimidation.

"The Sentence Assessment Report suggests Mr Hamdin had problems with alcohol and drugs, prior to going into jail Mr Hamdin had a problem with meth," Mr Johnson said.

He said Mr Hamdin came to Australian in 2005 from Sudan and completed year 10 and went to Tafe .

"When he was arrested he had been in Orange for about two years," Mr Johnson said.

Mr Johnson noted that Hamdin was on conditional liberty and was subject to a good behaviour order at the time of the offence.

"He's on a community correction order, which expires in August this year," Mr Johnson said.

He said Hamdin had little insight into the offence although he did have remorse, and he hoped court-ordered supervision would help him turn his life around.

"Even outside the COVID-19 spitting is a disgusting behaviour," Mr Johnson said.

Mr Day gave Hamdin a 12-month jail sentence with a nine-month non-parole period for the offence.

The sentence was back-dated to July 16 and Hamdin could be eligible to apply for release on parole on April 15.

"He's somebody who has a low chance of rehabilitating," Mr Day said.

"It would be intimidating, not just to the victims but to other people present."