Melissa Callaghan: Minto Maccas Road Road incident captured on CCTV
A mum, who was rushing to drop her child off at school, was captured on CCTV taking out her frustrations on a couple lined up in a drive-thru McDonald’s at Minto. At first, words were exchanged - then the impatient parent’s actions turned physical.
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The line up for McDonald’s at Minto was growing in July when Melissa Callaghan drove into the drive-thru before the school drop-off at around 9am.
The line up for McDonald’s at Minto was growing in July when Melissa Callaghan drove into the drive-thru before the school drop-off at around 9am.
According to court documents, the St Helens Park woman became impatient, beeping her horn and shouting ‘move up, f**king d*ckhead.’
The man in the car ahead, yelled back ‘Where am I meant to go?’
Callaghan, 32, moved her black Commodore forward colliding with the rear of the man’s Hyundai Getz at low speed, causing no damage to either cars.
Callaghan then got out of her car, shouting ‘you f**king gronk, I hope you have insurance.’
She then went up to his open window, and started punching him before the victim put his arms up to defend himself, Campbelltown Court heard.
The victim’s wife then jumped out of their vehicle to take a photo of Callaghan as evidence.
The woman became frightened and jumped back in the Hyundai.
Callaghan shouted ‘you fat s**’ and punched the woman in her left eye, through the car’s open window.
McDonald’s staff members called police, and the man blocked Callaghan from leaving with his car.
She yelled ‘I’ve got to get my daughter to school,’ and locked her car in the drive-thru and walked off.
Police obtained CCTV footage of the incident and arrested Callaghan when she returned to pick up her car.
She was charged with two counts of common assault and one of negligent driving.
In Campbelltown Court, her legal aid lawyer said she’d been emotionally charged on the morning of the incident on July 7, as it was around the time of an anniversary of the death of a child.
He argued Callaghan had shown remorse and asked the court to consider not recording a conviction.
However, the magistrate disagreed saying it was a ‘serious road rage incident’ and convicted Callaghan, fining her $850.