Alleged Mornington home invasion girl Grace Heard remains free despite ‘breach of bail’
A sister who allegedly committed a violent home invasion in Mornington with her brother is free to roam the streets despite being in “breach of bail” and interrupting a court hearing to collect a room service order.
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A young woman who allegedly committed a violent home invasion in Mornington remains on the streets despite breaching bail.
Grace Heard, 21, fronted the County Court on Thursday seeking a variation to her bail conditions.
Heard wants to shift from her father’s house to a property in either Cranbourne or Narre Warren where she will live with another person.
The court heard Grace has used drugs and failed to appear at the door when police knocked which Judge Michael McInerney was “technically in breach of bail”.
“You’re very lucky the prosecution is not seeking to revoke your bail,” Judge McInerney said.
“I have a priority to protect the community … not your rehabilitation.”
Judge McInerney, who said Heard originally “got bail by the skin of teeth”, granted her application but with a stern warning.
“Stay off the drugs,” he said.
“You could be waiting a longtime for your trial to begin — in a jail cell — if you breach your bail.”
Heard, who interrupted proceedings to collect a room service delivery to the Dandenong apartment she is staying in, accepted Judge McInerney’s warning.
Heard and her brother Josh Heard allegedly stormed their victim’s home just before 7.30pm on July 25 last year.
The sibling terrors — Josh armed with an axe and Grace with a cricket bat — allegedly snuck into the house via an unlocked side door while the victim’s husband was not home.
Grace — who the court heard was the ”primary offender” – allegedly snatched her victim’s iPhone, grabbed her hair and pulled her into the hallway.
She allegedly demanded valuables but the victim said she had none.
“We know that you do because we have been watching you,” Grace allegedly snarled at her victim.
The victim handed over her pearl necklace and an iPad but the evil siblings wanted more.
Josh ransacked the victim’s bedroom, overturned her mattress and rifled through her underwear drawer.
Grace allegedly interrogated the mum about where her husband and his car was.
The traumatised children were separated from their mother and placed in the loungeroom.
Grace allegedly ordered her victim to write down her PIN numbers and pass codes for her credit cards, iPad and iPhone.
The frightened mother couldn’t remember her codes so Josh “lifted the axe” to her face and threatened to break her nose, the court heard.
Grace allegedly slapped the mum three times in the face and ordered Josh to “keep an eye on her”.
The victim was placed in the loungeroom with her children before the siblings allegedly continued ransacking the house.
The victim ran to a neighbour’s house and called police after the siblings fled with items including jewellery and perfume.
The siblings were later arrested.
Grace is on bail awaiting trial for offences including home invasion.
Josh, 19, was sentenced in the County Court last month to two years’ and 8 months’ detention in a youth justice centre after pleading guilty to charges including home invasion.
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