Russell Island woman Rachael Nicole Frith, 26, leaves chaos in wake after drunken assaults

A state level darts player from Russell Island caused havoc at an all-day competition when she spotted her ex and started throwing more than darts, with a magistrate describing the scene as like ‘something from reality television’.

An all-day darts competition descended into “almighty melee” when a woman started throwing more than darts, a court has heard.

Cleveland Magistrates Court on Tuesday heard Russell Island’s Rachael Nicole Frith, 26, left chaos in her wake, with multiple people assaulted and banned at a Birkdale sports club on November 27 last year.

The state level darts player and disability worker pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and a single count of wilful damage and commit public nuisance.

The court heard Frith had been drinking when a sexual rebuff from an ex-partner sent her into a violent fury.

According to police, the defendant walked up to her former partner and asked: “Want to go into the toilets and f**k?”

When Frith was told to, “shut the f**k up”, she threw a chair at him, hitting him in the chest.

She then charged her victim and while she was held against a wall by him punched him numerous times in the face.

The victim was left with bruises and a large scratch on his neck.

Rachael Nicole Frith, 26, leaves Cleveland Magistrates Court. Picture: Marcel Baum.

Frith ignored repeated directions from the venue manager and a darts delegate to leave the venue.

When the manager attempted to escort her out, Frith punched the man in the face, shattering his glasses.

She punched another darts player and was stopped from throwing another chair when she was finally removed, according to police.

The court heard numerous players were banned for 12 months from the venue following what Magistrate Deborah Vasta called an “almighty melee”.

Restitution was sought by the prosecution for a $369 pair of glasses and a $1450 mobile phone broken during the violence.

A police prosecutor said a suspended jail sentence was not out of range for the serious violent drunken offending and urged probation for Frith.

Defence solicitor Lyle Parker said his client had been drinking from 10am and was aggrieved after her ex-partner allegedly shared naked images of her without her permission.

Mr Parker submitted community service would be appropriate for his client who had no criminal history and worked in the disability sector.

Frith had seen her ex-partner on the day for the first time after he had allegedly shared naked images of her and had caused “relatively minor” injuries to her victims, according to Mr Parker.

Ms Vasta denounced the “almighty melee” as completely unacceptable and likened it to “something out of reality television”.

The court heard the violence was such, Frith could have been charged with grievous bodily harm had a victim sustained serious injury.

Frith was ordered to complete 60 hours of community service, fined $400 and ordered to pay $369 in restitution.

No conviction was recorded.

Ms Vasta advised the defendant she could make a criminal complaint were sensitive images of her shared against her will.