Mugshot of former SA woman Lisa Lines facing extradition on attempted murder and conspiracy to murder revealed

The mugshot of an ex-Adelaide woman facing extradition on attempted murder and conspiracy to murder charges can be revealed for the first time.

Lisa Lines is being kept in a Palau prison ahead of her extradition to Australia on attempted murder and conspiracy to murder charges. Picture: Supplied

The first image of former Adelaide woman Lisa Lines inside a Pacific Islands prison can be revealed as authorities prepare for her extradition to Australia on attempted murder and conspiracy to murder charges.

It can also be revealed Ms Lines, 43, who was arrested on Wednesday and remanded in custody in the tiny island nation of Palau, has been travelling under the alias Scarlett Ellis Lee.

Ms Lines’ mugshot, taken after being arrested over an alleged plot to murder her former partner Jonathon Hawtin, shows the academic teary-eyed with dyed blonde hair and looking distressed.

Lisa Lines, who was arrested in the tiny Pacific Island nation of Palau, is facing extradition to Australia on attempted murder and conspiracy to murder charges. Picture: Supplied

Lisa Lines as she appeared promoting her work as founder of Capstone Editing. Picture: Supplied

It comes as authorities prepare for Ms Lines’ extradition, with prison bosses told she could be shipped back to Australia in the coming days.

Ms Lines has been remanded in custody at Koror Jail after being charged over an alleged attempt to murder Mr Hawtin at Lightsview in January 2018 and an alleged plot to murder him between December 2019 and August 2022.

Some of Ms Lines’ charges relate to an incident at Littlehampton in the Adelaide Hills in October 2017 during which Mr Hawtin – who was attacked with an axe to the back of the neck and head and became a tetraplegic as a result – was accused of shooting Ms Lines’ former lover Zacharia Josef Bruckner, 36, in the abdomen.

Mr Hawtin, 36, was charged with attempted murder but was acquitted of all charges, including aggravated causing serious harm with intent, in 2019.

Mr Bruckner, 36, was arrested in Queensland last week and extradited to face charges of conspiracy to murder and attempted murder.

Zacharia Josef Bruckner was extradited from Queensland to face attempted murder and conspiracy to murder charges. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Kelly Barnes

During a hearing on Friday, the Palau Supreme Court ordered that Ms Lines be surrendered to Australian authorities and held in custody at Koror Jail until she could be assigned a “foreign escort officer” to return her to Australia.

Palau Bureau of Public Safety acting director Rickley Antonio said officers were “on standby” for Ms Lines’ extradition.

On Monday, The Advertiser revealed Ms Lines has been under 24/7 guard in Koror Jail’s juvenile ward because she was believed to be a safety threat.

“It’s a priority so we can keep a watch on her,” Mr Antonio told The Advertiser.

Mr Antonio said Australian authorities had asked for Ms Lines to be under guard because she was at risk of self harm.

“That’s one of the concerns we received,” he said.

“The first couple of days she was crying a lot.”

Lisa Lines is being held in a jail in Koror on Palau in the Pacific Islands. Picture: iStock. Picture: iStock

Palau Division of Corrections acting chief Melvin Ubedei said Ms Lines had given officers at Koror Jail cash to purchase her supplies because she didn’t like the prison’s food, which includes pancakes for breakfast.

“If she doesn’t want to eat the food here she buys her own food,” he said.

Mr Bruckner appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday afternoon wearing the same purple top he wore as he was marched through Adelaide Airport on Friday.

Mr Bruckner, who is yet to enter pleas to a charge of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder, was extradited from Brisbane after his arrest last Wednesday.

Prosecutor Timisha Ward asked the court for a charge determination hearing set for six months’ time.

Mr Bruckner will return to court in May next year.

SA Police, which engaged the Australian Federal Police and overseas authorities to help execute Ms Lines’ arrest, could not provide a time frame on her extradition.

Originally published as Mugshot of former SA woman Lisa Lines facing extradition on attempted murder and conspiracy to murder revealed