Molly Cahill charged with police assault after alleged hit-run
A young woman who allegedly ran down a motorcyclist and his girlfriend and fled the scene was charged with assaulting police and damaging a police station just six weeks later.
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A young woman charged with a shocking hit-and-run which left a motorcyclist and his passenger seriously injured allegedly assaulted a police officer and damaged a police station after a subsequent incident while she was on bail.
A fragile Molly Cahill, 22, appeared sobbing, barefoot and clutching a blue teddy bear in the dock at Sutherland Local Court on April 9 after she allegedly swerved onto the wrong side of Forest Rd in Penshurst and struck a motorbike carrying a 36-year-old man and his 28-year-old girlfriend.
Just six weeks later, police claim Cahill assaulted a male constable inside Westfield Miranda as he arrested her for allegedly shoplifting 23 pairs of sunglasses worth $1702.23 from David Jones and cosmetics worth $1428.29 from Priceline on May 19.
Police then allege Cahill smashed a glass door inside the station in the early hours of May 20 just after she was granted police bail.
She was charged with reckless property damage and refused bail to face the magistrate that day when she was meant to attend her grandmother’s funeral.
The Sans Souci woman was also charged with allegedly possessing stolen prescription medication and offensive behaviour.
However, Cahill was again granted bail at Sutherland Local Court on May 20 and she will enter a plea when the matter returns on October 24.
Cahill will also be sentenced that day for drug driving after she crossed to the wrong side of the road and hit a roundabout on Loftus St in Wollongong on February 3.
She has pleaded guilty to driving with traces of amphetamine, methylamphetamine, ecstasy, Valium and Xanax in her system.
”Witnesses confiscated the vehicle’s keys due to their concerns,” police facts stated.
“Police observed the accused was slurring her words, her pupils were enlarged, she was extremely unsteady on her feet and was continually fidgeting and repeating herself.”
Cahill’s solicitor also failed in an attempt to have the alleged hit-and-run charges heard in the local court instead of the district court after arguing police had exceeded the deadline for a brief.
However, Magistrate Jayeann Carney at Sutherland Local Court noted Cahill’s previous legal representatives had never objected to the prosecution’s requests for more time to gather expert evidence about the alleged victims’ injuries and denied the application.
Cahill will now face Downing Centre District Court for charge certification on October 31.
She is yet to enter a plea but Magistrate Les Mabbutt told Sutherland Local Court at the time that police had a strong case against her.
“Police say she made calls and messages to friends, and other people, about what took place and that she knew someone was possibly injured, and that ‘I was on the wrong side of the road’,” Mr Mabbutt said.
Cahill did not appear at court on Wednesday after her solicitor said she had become distressed.