Jail for violent carjack woman

A DRUG addict jumped in front of a car as part of an attempted carjacking before trying to steal a police vehicle when police arrived, a court has heard.

Kirby Tenielle Sugars, 31, was sentenced in Townsville District Court yesterday for a spate of offending including an attempted carjacking in Vincent on December 19, 2016.

The mother of three pleaded guilty to wounding, two counts of unlawful entry of a motor vehicle with intent, common assault and serious assault on police as well as 41 summary offences.

Crown prosecutor Andrew Walklate said Sugars had run on the road in front of a female driver, causing her to stop.

Sugars got into the car and screamed at the driver “go, or I’m going to kill you”.

Mr Walklate said the driver then looked up to see a police vehicle and put the car in park but Sugars continued to strike her, trying to take the car keys.

Police ordered Sugars to get out of the car and she climbed across the driver and fled the car from the driver’s door and ran towards the police car.

Mr Walklate said Sugars got into the police car, resulting in a struggle with the police officer as she tried to drive off.

The court heard the wounding charge stemmed from an incident on May 21, 2015 where Sugars accompanied her then partner, John Adam Daly, to a house where a man who had been watching CCTV cameras greeted him.

Mr Walklate said after an exchange with the complainant, Daly pulled out a gun from his bag and shot him in the leg.

Sugars was considered a party to the crime.

The summary offences included drugs charges, breaches of bail conditions and stealing with one dangerous operation of a vehicle incident involving Sugars reversing at speed before speeding through a red light and colliding with a vehicle on December 11, 2016, driving off afterwards at speed.

Defence barrister Anthony Collins told the court Sugars had started using methylamphetamine when she was about 17.

The court heard Sugars had served 17 ½ months in pre- sentence custody.

Judge Paul Smith sentenced her to 5 ½ years for the unlawful entry of a motor vehicle charges, six months of common assault, 12 months for serious assault on police and two years for wounding, to serve 22 months in actual custody.

She has been disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for two years and will be eligible for parole on September 23.