Charlene Louise Foreman convicted of trespass and dangerous operation of a vehicle

A 41-year-old woman turned up on the doorstep of a Hervey Bay home and told the owner she’d won his house in a raffle. ‘I doubt that,’ he said. Then she drove her car at him.

A woman who told a property owner she’d won their house in a raffle before driving her vehicle at them has narrowly avoided going to jail.

A woman who told a home owner she’d won their house in a raffle before driving her vehicle at them has narrowly avoided going to jail.

Charlene Louise Foreman, 41, pleaded guilty in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court to trespass, dangerous operation of a vehicle, committing a public nuisance offence, obstructing police, possessing dangerous drugs and possessing drug utensils.

The court heard on April 13, about 2pm, the owner of a Hervey Bay property heard a knock on the door.

Foreman was standing on the doorstep and told the man she had won the home in a raffle the night before.

The man replied “I doubt that”.

She was told she needed to leave but she continued to insist it was her house.

While shouting “you’re going to die,” Foreman got in her car and drove it backwards towards the victim then forwards at him again.

The court heard the vehicle struck him and he was pushed into a garden.

“I missed you the first time you old c---, now I’m going to kill you,” Foreman said.

She again drove and hit a wall before the victim picked up an axe and Foreman, seeing he was armed, left the property.

Police later raided Foreman’s home, where drug items were seized.

In a separate incident, Foreman had manually opened a gate at another property and yelled at the people who were living there to “get off her land”, the court heard.

Police were called and Foreman was caught with a clip seal bag containing meth, 1.5 grams of cannabis and a bong.

She called police c---- when they asked for her name.

The court heard Foreman was heavily intoxicated and couldn’t be interviewed.

Foreman, a mother of one, was employed but suffered from significant health issues, the court was told.

She had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and it was essential for her to take her medication, it heard.

The matter was briefly adjourned as Magistrate Stephen Guttridge considered a jail sentence, which he said was appropriate when a vehicle was used as a weapon.

Foreman was sentenced 12 months in prison, wholly suspended for six months.

She was also sentenced to 12 months’ probation.