Kimberley Nunn: Anger issues blamed for woman’s servo outburst that damaged an Audi

A Brisbane woman who wanted to use a stranger’s phone but was rejected has “aggressively” damaged a luxury car and thrown chairs in a chaotic service station outburst. Read the court result.

Kimberley Nunn, 32.

A Brisbane woman who “aggressively” damaged a stranger’s Audi before throwing chairs around a food court has blamed her outburst on drug problems.

Kimberley Nunn, 32, pleaded guilty to wilful damage and public nuisance in Southport Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after her late-night tantrum at an Upper Coomera service station.

Kimberley Nunn, 32.

Nunn attended the servo around 1.30am on September 29 after running out of fuel.

According to police she asked staff to call an ambulance as she was feeling unwell but, after the attendant did so, Nunn started to “verbally harass” customers.

Nunn proceeded to the carpark area where she spotted a man sitting in his Audi, approached him, and asked to borrow his phone to make a call. He refused.

“This has angered (Nunn) who has grabbed the windscreen wiper of the vehicle and snapped it off,” the prosecution said.

The victim got out of his car and an argument ensued, with the Audi driver making his way inside the service station in an attempt to get away from Nunn.

Nunn’s rage continued and she started throwing chairs around in the food court area inside the servo.

The defence, Cheonton Strickland of Howden Saggers Lawyers, pointed to Nunn’s drug problem as the reason for her seemingly random outburst.

“She has battled with this problem with drugs and her anger for some time,” Mr Strickland said.

The lawyer said Nunn had been on the road to recovery before a “slip up” with cannabis.

“She had been working, things had been going well, but unfortunately she fell back into the belief that she was going to be able to deal with her cannabis use if she smoked again,” Mr Strickland said.

“(Nunn) had an episode, she became paranoid, was trying to communicate with people but – because of her anger issues – was extremely frustrated.

“When members of the public wouldn’t help her, she just created an absolute nuisance.”

Mr Strickland said the victim “had the right to say no to her” request to borrow his phone, and Nunn’s reaction was “completely unacceptable”.

Supported by her partner, mum, and a family friend in court, the defence said Nunn was redirecting her life back “in the right direction”.

Magistrate Janie Crawford accepted Nunn’s offending was “out of character”.

“It does seem to me that you have, in the past, had issues with dangerous drugs and it seems that cannabis is the drug of choice, but you have shown (this problem) is something you can deal with successfully,” the magistrate said of the gap in Nunn’s criminal record.

“You acted aggressively and damaged the windscreen of (a stranger’s) car and then threw some chairs around (so) people were quite distressed by your conduct.”

Nunn was fined $500 for the offence.