First pictures: Minlaton woman Jane Catherine Judd pleads guilty to setting two bushfires on Yorke Peninsula

A Yorke Peninsula woman has confessed to recklessly setting two bushfires – and brokered a plea bargain with prosecutors.

A Yorke Peninsula woman has confessed to setting two bushfires, at the start of last year’s fire season, in exchange for prosecutors dropping charges over four additional blazes.

In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Jane Catherine Judd pleaded guilty to two counts of causing a bushfire, being reckless as to the damage caused.

She now faces a maximum 20-year prison term for her crimes.

Judd’s lawyer, David Moen, told the court those pleas formed part of an agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

“As a result of successful negotiations, my client will enter pleas of guilty in relation to two of the charges,” he said.

“The remaining counts will then, I understand, be withdrawn by the prosecution.”

First pictures: Jane Catherine Judd, pleaded guilty to two counts of arson on the Yorke Peninsula. Picture: Supplied

Judd was originally charged with six counts of causing a bushfire. Picture: Supplied

The fires were allegedly lit in an area spanning 44km on November 6, 2021. Picture: Supplied

Judd, 48, of Minlaton, was originally charged with six counts of causing a bushfire.

The charges arise from allegations six fires, spanning a 44km area between Agery and Urania on the Yorke Peninsula on November 6, 2021, were deliberately lit.

All fires – allegedly lit just days after the start of the area’s bushfire season – were contained and there were no reports of injury to people or damage to property.

On Tuesday, prosecutors confirmed they had negotiated a resolution to the case with Mr Moen, and withdrew the remaining four charges.

Magistrate Brionney Kennewell remanded Judd in custody to face the District Court in August, when a date for sentencing submissions will be set.