Victoria Scrimshaw faces Chinchilla Magistrates Court after sending 45 threatening texts sent in one day over car payment dispute

A Western Downs mother has faced court after sending dozens of threatening texts to her daughter after a dispute over payments for a car turned ugly.

A Western Downs woman has faced court for sending a series of abusive and threatening messages to her daughter over a car payment. Picture: Istock

A familial dispute between a mother and daughter over a car payment has turned ugly, landing a Chinchilla woman in court.

Victoria Scrimshaw, 49 faced Chinchilla Magistrates Court on Thursday pleading guilty to two counts of using a phone to menace and harass and three counts of breaching a domestic violence order.

The court was told about 8.52am on the morning of September 4, 2024, Scrimshaw sent up to 45 messages to her daughter demanding payment for a car which she had allegedly sold her.

Police prosecutor Chris Hutchins read out some of the texts in court which included “Why are you such a b---h to flash your casino winnings when you owe me 7.5 k you c--t”.

The texting continued on September 21 when Scrimshaw began threatening her daughter over the alleged debt.

“I'm going to smash you one day c--t,” she wrote.

“I warned you yesterday, next time I see you better watch out. Enjoy what’s coming.”

The following month on October 7 the victim then received texts supposedly from her seven-year-old brother, asking her to pay her mum and bring back some of their items.

The texts included messages asking the victim to pay her scheduled $500 payments so “mum knows how much she can spend on dinner”.

Sergeant Hutchins told Scrimshaw her claims that a seven-year-old had sent the messages on his own accord “seemed somewhat unlikely”.

Scrimshaw was subject to a no contact order throughout the entirety of the time she was contacting the victim.

Acting magistrate Robert Turra described the offending as “appalling behaviour”.

“You are thumbing your nose in the face of the court by breaching no contact orders that have been put in place,” he said.

“It seems you feel entitled to ignore the orders of the court.”

Mr Turra went on to say despite Scrimshaws' frustrations with her daughter over the car payment the act of using her child to attempt to circumnavigate her protection order was appalling.

“You used a seven-year-old to do your dirty work,” he said.

“You have dragged that child into this behaviour and conduct that they should be separate from.”

Scrimshaw was fined $800 and sentenced to two months imprisonment suspended for nine months.

No conviction was recorded.

Originally published as Victoria Scrimshaw faces Chinchilla Magistrates Court after sending 45 threatening texts sent in one day over car payment dispute