Rebecca Hutchins and Robert Abdulla pleaded guilty to Belair service station robbery

A mother was at the lowest point in her life when she punched a servo attendant in the face to steal cash and cigarettes, alongside her footballer lover.

A mother with a “raging drug addiction” punched a service station attendant in the face in a “ghastly” attack to steal cash and cigarettes.

Rebecca Rose Hutchins, 35, was at the lowest point in her life when she committed the violent drug-fuelled robbery alongside her footballer lover.

The Adelaide District Court on Wednesday heard Hutchins and Robert John Abdulla, 32, attended the Belair On The Run service station in the early hours of August 7.

A prosecutor told the court Hutchins jumped over the counter and demanded the victim open the till.

When the victim tried to retrieve her stolen phone to keep photos of her children, she was punched in the face by Hutchins.

Abdulla, who brandished a tyre iron at the victim, fled with Hutchins after stealing cash and cigarettes.

“Both defendants were motivated by personal gain and they were prepared to intimidate the victim and use actual violence against her,” the prosecutor said.

The South Hummocks mother-of-two has pleaded guilty to theft using force, while Abdulla, of Holden Hill, pleaded guilty to robbery.

Robert Abdulla will be sentenced for robbery. Picture: Facebook

Rebecca Hutchins will be sentenced next month for theft using force. Photo: Facebook

Timothy McGrath, for Hutchins, told the court she said her arrest was the best thing to happen to her because she was in the grips of a “raging drug addiction” at the time.

“Since that time … she has not touched drugs or alcohol,” he said.

The court heard that Hutchins, an abattoir worker, was at the lowest point in her life at the time of the offending.

“There was a six-month intimate but destructive and abusive relationship that she had with Mr Abdulla,” Mr McGrath said.

Mr McGrath told the court Hutchins, who had taken methamphetamine, concocted the plan with Abdulla, who was on acid, to rob the service station while walking to buy cigarettes.

“She played an active role in that robbery,” he said.

Mr McGrath said Hutchins was remorseful and deeply ashamed of the “ghastly” attack.

During Abdulla’s sentencing submissions last month, the court heard the talented footballer’s life had been spiralling out of control at the time of the robbery.

Judge Timothy Heffernan will sentence Hutchins next month.