Jessica Nadine Jones in court for violent road rage assault

A Burnett carer has punched another female driver in the head multiple times and damaged her car after being overtaken on the Bruce Highway.

Jessica Nadine Jones pleaded guilty to charges related to road rage.

A Burnett woman has faced court after punching a woman in the head multiple times and damaging her car in a violent act of road rage on the Bruce Hwy.

Jessica Nadine Jones pleaded guilty in Kingaroy Magistrate Court on Thursday, November 30, to assault occasioning bodily harm and wilful damage.

The court heard the attack was triggered on September 23, 2023 about 1.20pm, when the victim was travelling northbound on the Bruce Highway near North Lakes and overtook Jones in her vehicle.

The court heard Jones started tailgating the victim and beeping her horn.

“The victim could see the driver giving her the middle finger and waving for her to pull over,” the police prosecutor said.

The victim eventually pulled over to the side of the road. Jones approached the victim’s car and “started screaming at her,” the court heard.

Jessica Nadine Jones pleaded guilty to charges related to road rage.

The police prosecutor told the court Jones yelled “you pulled out in front of me, I’m going to deck you”.

Another car also pulled over after seeing the commotion; the witnesses saw Jones begin to punch the victim through the open driver’s window.

“The driver … started to punch the victim in the head with a closed fist five or six times while the victim was still seated in the driver’s seat of the car,” the prosecutor said.

The court heard during the assault, Jones also tried to rip the weather shield off the car, damaging it as a result.

After the assault, Jones walked back to her car and drove off.

Jones’ solicitor said the victim slowed down in front of Jones after overtaking her.

“The vehicle overtook her, she let her in and then the vehicle slowed down so much that she had to slam on the brakes,” he said.

The court heard Ms Jones saw someone raise their thumb up out the window.

“She took that to mean ‘up you’ and then she wanted to fight.”

Jessica Nadine Jones pleaded guilty to charges related to a road rage incident.

Jones’ solicitor said she had problems with emotional regulation and anxiety. He said he had known Jones “for a long time”.

“As a young lady she certainly had a lot of problems dealing with high emotional situations,” he said.

He said Jones has been attending Lives Lived Well to help her with alcohol issues.

She was in court in 2021 and the beginning of 2023 for public nuisance, wilful damage and obstruct offences.

The solicitor also indicated Jones was on a community service order.

“She’s done 40 hours of that 120 hours so she’s engaging well with corrective services,” he said.

A letter from Lives Lived Well said Jones had been “making a lot of effort to try and change her life,” the court heard.

Jones was given a six-month jail sentence, wholly suspended for 18 months, and had to pay $113.95 in restitution to the victim for the broken weather shield.