Glenwood neighbours’ stoush lands in Gympie Magistrates Court

A neighbourhood battle including alleged threats of violence against a cat has spilled into court, with a magistrate urging them to resolve their disputes before it becomes costly and prolonged.

Tammy Andrews (pictured) appeared at Gympie Magistrates Court Tuesday morning after two neighbours, Noel Rossiter and Christine Jennings, each lodged applications for peace and good behaviour orders against the Glenwood woman.

A neighbourhood dispute allegedly involving threats of violence, including against a cat, spilled into court with two of the parties urged into mediation to resolve the dispute.

Tammy Andrews appeared at the Gympie Magistrates Court Tuesday morning after two neighbours, Noel Rossiter and Christine Jennings, each lodged applications for peace and good behaviour orders against the Glenwood woman.

Mr Rossiter’s application was adjourned by Magistrate Bevan Hughes after he was told Ms Andrews had lodged her own complaint with the police.

No charges have been laid against any person in relation to the dispute.

Ms Andrews’ lawyer, Chris Anderson, said the complaint touched “a number of the issues” involved in Mr Rossiter’s application.

Mr Anderson asked for an adjournment to allow for the police complaint to first be resolved.

Tammy Andrews (pictured) appeared at Gympie Magistrates Court Tuesday morning after two neighbours, Noel Rossiter and Christine Jennings, each lodged applications for peace and good behaviour orders against the Glenwood woman.

Magistrate Bevan Hughes told Mr Rossiter this was to prevent him from prejudicing himself in regard to the police investigation of the complaint.

Mr Rossiter then asked the court about “written evidence and a 64GB USB” in relation to his application against Ms Andrews, to which Mr Hughes replied he would not receive any evidence at this time.

He further flagged potential issues with the application at hand.

“I’ve identified two threats, a threat to kill the cat, and a threat to use a high powered bow,” Mr Hughes said.

“They’re what’s called embarrassing allegations, because there’s no details of when, where, or anything like that.”

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“As it currently stands we’re not even at the stage where you can give me any evidence because Ms Andrews can’t even respond to your complaint because there’s insufficient details provided.”

Mr Hughes said there were similar issues with Ms Jennings’ application.

He said Ms Jennings’ application, which included claims of “some threats of violence” had similar issues with its allegations as Mr Rossiter’s.

Tammy Andrews, of Glenwood, Qld, is named as the defendant in two applications for peace and good behaviour orders.

“There’s some what, but there’s not much when, there’s not much where,” Mr Hughes said.

Mr Hughes sent Ms Jennings’ application to mediation saying it was otherwise going to be a prolonged, costly exercise which was guaranteed not to end well for one party.

He said the matter was up to a year away from reaching a formal hearing.

“Rather than going through that path of suffering for everyone … I refer the parties to mediation first,” Mr Hughes said.

“These matters … (are) costly for everyone.”
“You have to file affidavits … Ms Andrews, she has to have a chance to respond to it … the process takes months, Ms Jennings, if not years, with no guarantee of success,” Mr Hughes said.

“The only guarantee is … one of the parties will lose.”

He adjourned the two applications until November 12, 2024.