Simone May Quill sentenced for stabbing Nambour neighbour
A Sunshine Coast woman who stabbed a neighbour before threatening to cut his throat for leaving soil on a footpath has avoided time behind bars.
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A Sunshine Coast woman who stabbed her neighbour before threatening to cut his throat for leaving soil on a footpath has avoided time behind bars.
Simone May Quill was sentenced to an 18-month suspended prison term on Monday after she pleaded guilty to two charges including wounding another on May 11, 2021 at Nambour.
The victim was moving out of a residence when Quill started arguing with him about soil that was spread across the front lawn.
The 50-year-old ignored pleas to stay in her home when she ran down a staircase to confront the man, 55, while armed with a paring knife.
“(Quill) stabbed the complainant in the upper left arm as she yelled ‘I’ll f-----g stab you c--t’,” Crown Prosecutor Joana Dias said.
A video played in court showed the incident and heard Quill continue to threatened the man after stabbing him.
“It should be your f-----g throat c--t … next time it will be your throat,” she said.
Ms Dias said Quill lunged in a stabbing motion another three to four times with the victim avoiding the knife on each occasion.
Quill also hit the man in his left eye and temple.
The man suffered a 1.5cm laceration to his left arm and a bleeding nose.
While the woman originally denied the incident she later came clean and said she had wiped the knife and hidden it before police arrived.
Officers later found a video of the offending in the deleted section of a phone.
Ms Dias said the offence was “serious” and should be punished with actual imprisonment.
She said an 18-month prison sentence with a parole release date before one-third was in range.
Quill also pleaded guilty to possessing utensils or pipes that had been used after police found a water pipe in her home.
Barrister Matt Heelan said the offending was out of character for Quill and described it as a once in a lifetime occurrence.
Mr Heelan said Quill was shocked she was capable of stabbing someone and had sought counselling to find out why she let her emotions influence her to ensure it never happens again.
“There is a low risk of Ms Quill ever hurting someone in the same way again,” he said.
He said Quill and her former neighbour didn’t get along and had grievances before the attack but would not cross paths again after he moved.
Judge Glen Cash noted the victim had thrown profanities, threats and allegations towards the woman in the argument leading up to the stabbing.
“At one point, as heard in the recording he invited you to come down so he could punch you in the mouth,” Mr Cash said.
Mr Cash said neither parties acted like adults.
He noted the “unusual circumstances”, Quill’s out of character offending as well as her lack of any violent history and co-operation.
Mr Cash said the Quill was “very lucky” he was not sending her to jail.
The 18-month prison sentence was suspended for 18 months.
A conviction was recorded for the wounding charge.
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