Toowoomba businesswoman pleaded guilty to assault and drink driving

The Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard the woman drank two litres of wine before confronting he ex-partner, claiming he was working to destroy her business.

A Toowoomba businesswoman pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one of drink driving.

Years of abuse came to a head for a Toowoomba woman after she drank two litres of wine and drove to her ex-partner’s home.

The woman, who has not be named, was heavily intoxicated when she arrived at the man’s home with the intention of sticking a knife in his fence as a warning.

Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday that the woman’s plan came undone when she was disturbed by several dogs that alerted the defendant’s former partner and another woman.

Police prosecutor Chris Willson told the court the defendant struck the man and his new partner.

“She yelled, ‘you are going to bring me down, this is all your fault’,” he said.

The court heard the defendant left the property and was intercepted by police on the New England Highway.

Senior Constable Willson said a roadside breath test returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.157 per cent.

The woman’s barrister, Clare O’Connor, told the court her client was an upstanding member of the community who ran a medical services business with more than 100 employees.

She added her client was under extreme stress after her former partner sought to “destroy her life”.

Ms O’Connor said this included making false claims to the NDIS regulator and the Office of the Health Ombudsman that the defendant was sleeping with a client.

Ms O’Connor said at one point the man invited the woman to his house to make amends but instead plied her with alcohol until she had passed out, stripped her naked and took photos, which were sent to one of her business’s clients.

In sentencing, Magistrates Kay Ryan accepted the highly stressful situation that had led to the assault.

After the woman pleaded guilty to two assault charges and drink driving, Magistrates Kay Ryan fined her $2000, disqualified her from driving for six months, but did not record a conviction.