‘I don’t really care if I go to jail or not’: Kimberley Hudson sacks lawyer after alleged Goodwood car crash axe rage

A mum of seven accused of wielding an axe at police after crashing and rolling her car has sacked her lawyer – saying she “doesn’t care” if she goes to jail. Read why.

A woman accused of wielding an axe at emergency services workers after crashing and rolling her car said she had the weapon in her hand because she thought her car was going to “blow up”.

Kimberley Vera Hudson, 34, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged over an incident on Goodwood Rd in May.

She told a court she had sacked her lawyer and would be looking for someone else to represent her over allegations she wielded an axe at police officers during an incident at Goodwood Rd, on May 12.

At the time of the incident police said Ms Hudson was in a black Holden station wagon which crashed and rolled near Rosa St about 11pm.

Kimberley Hudson allegedly threatened emergency services workers with an axe after crashing her car at Goodwood. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide

“I’ve pleaded guilty from day one, I don’t really care if I go to jail or not,” she said.

She said she did not know why her case was being “dragged on and on”.

“I’ve done jail being here eight months as it is … I’ve got no family here,” she said.

Ms Hudson is yet to formally enter pleas to multiple charges including driving in a reckless or dangerous manner, carrying an offensive weapon, driving with excess blood alcohol, assaulting an emergency services worker and driving disqualified or suspended.

Kimberley Vera Hudson leaves the Adelaide Magistrates Court after an earlier hearing. Picture: NCA NewsWire

She told the court she wanted to return to her seven children in Western Australia.

Outside court she said she had been unable to access help since being in Adelaide.

“I hope I get to go home soon … I’m not from here so I don’t get help,” she said.

She said she had an axe in her car because she had just travelled from Perth and, after crashing her car, she planned to use it to escape.

“I thought the car was going to blow up, so I thought f--k, I better hit the window,” she said.

“I didn’t mean for the arrest to happen.”

She said she had been drinking before the incident and did not know what happened on the night.

Kimberley Hudson has been charged with threatens emergency services with an axe after crashing her car at Goodwood. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide

“I’ve been pleading guilty since day one. I can’t change the fact what happened. I’m not going to argue it. I’d rather get it over and done with and let me go home,” she said.

“What am I here for? I can’t get a job, I’m a loser sitting around doing nothing.”

She said she was not worried about going to jail because she felt as though she was “already doing jail” while she was on bail in South Australia.

Previously, she told media outside court that she believed her drink had been spiked.

Chief Magistrate Judge Mary-Louise Hribal adjourned Ms Hudson’s matter until December to give her an opportunity to instruct another lawyer before entering any pleas.