Kara Jade Weribone convicted of assault occasioning bodily harm, enter dwelling with intent

A 24-year-old and a friend broke into another woman’s home where she was punched in the head repeatedly while being encouraged to “pump her”.

A Toowoomba woman broke into the house of another woman and repeatedly beat her, with the pair engaged in a love triangle that turned violent.

Kara Jade Weribone appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Friday where she pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm while in company and enter dwelling with intent by break in company, as well as a raft of property offences.

The court was told the 24-year-old and another woman went to the property of a third woman about 7am on January 23, 2022.

Kara Jade Weribone, 24, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court where she was convicted of assault occasioning bodily harm and enter dwelling with intent.

The pair entered the back yard of the property and after trying to gain access through a locked glass sliding door used a tool to unlock the garage door, police prosecutor Anita Page said.

The victim was woken when the two women entered the home, and the court was told Weribone said “what are you talking s--- for” before assaulting the woman, with the co-accused egging her on saying “just pump her Kara”.

The court was told after punching victim several times in the head Weribone then grabbed her by the hair and continued to try and punch her.

Weribone then threatened the victim and told her to “stop talking s---”, with the victim replying “you were talking to my baby daddy”.

Kara Jade Weribone, 24, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court where she was convicted of assault occasioning bodily harm and enter dwelling with intent.

Ms Page said Weribone punched the victim six more times in the face before fleeing.

Weribone’s solicitor Ryan McCullough told the court his client was a mother of two, and was pregnant with her third child.

Magistrate Howard Osborne convicted Weribone and sentenced her to 15 months jail, with a non-parole period of five months. He ordered the remaining jail term be suspended for 12 months.