Brittany, Tameka, Vonda Riley and Teeya Williams in wild disturbance

Four Tasmanian women, including three from the same family, have been sentenced for their roles in a wild street confrontation. Here’s how the night of carnage went down.

Ravenswood woman Vonda Dawn Riley, 39. Picture: Facebook

Four Tasmanian women, including three from the same family, have been sentenced for their roles in a wild street confrontation featuring up to 30 people.

Waverley woman Teeya Mary Williams, 19, Invermay woman Brittany Lee Riley, 22, her Ravenswood mother Vonda Dawn Riley, 39, and Vonda’s twin sister Tameka Dianne Riley, 39, of Mowbray, were all sentenced in Launceston Magistrates Court on Monday.

The three Rileys were originally set down for a hearing into their charges, but changed their pleas to guilty after the prosecution dropped additional charges.

The court heard the incident commenced in the early hours of January 8 this year. Two groups of approximately 15 people each were involved in a drunken “disturbance” at Castlemain Rd, Ravenswood, to which Tasmania Police officers were tasked.

Officers succeeded in peeling off the group containing the four defendants, shepherding them onto Prossers Forest Rd, but then they were forced to make a series of arrests.

Williams pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after having a charge of using abusive language towards a police officer dropped.

Invermay woman Brittany Lee Riley, 22. Picture: Facebook

The court heard she was “screaming, waving her arms around and yelling at police”.

She was one of the “lesser” participants in the conflagration, it was submitted on her behalf. Williams, who had just interviewed for a Launceston cafe job, had no criminal history. She was placed on a 12-month good-behaviour bond. No conviction was recorded.

Tameka, meanwhile, also pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Prosecution dropped a charge of failure to comply with a direction.

Mowbray woman Tameka Dianne Riley, 39. Picture: Facebook

Tameka was “screaming in the middle of the street,” the court heard. The mother-of-four, who is currently taking time off her job at Woolworths due to anxiety, has relevant prior criminal history.

Defence lawyer Jess Stewart told the court her client consumed alcohol for the first time in a while when she committed the offence.

“She observed several of her family members having troublesome interactions with police. She spent some time in custody and accepts her behaviour was inappropriate. It was a heightened situation,” she said.

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Tameka was fined $200 and had a conviction recorded. She pleaded not guilty to an unrelated charge of common assault, which will go to a hearing on March 3 next year.

Tameka’s niece Brittany likewise pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a charge of assaulting a police officer was dropped.

Her conduct consisted of “running along a footpath screaming and swearing,” the court heard.

Ms Stewart alleged her client suffered mistreatment at the hands of police both at the scene and during her three hours in custody afterwards. The Mercury will reveal details of the allegations in the coming days.

Waverley woman Teeya Mary Williams, 19. Picture: Facebook

Brittany, who has no previous criminal history, was in the “wrong place at the wrong time”, Ms Stewart said.

Brittany, who has just completed a traffic control course, was placed on a 12-month good-behaviour bond. No conviction was recorded.

Brittany’s mum Vonda pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and possessing cannabis.

The court heard she was exercised at seeing the arrest of her daughter and threw a punch at an Acting Sergeant, which missed.

She spent about five hours in the watch-house, where it was discovered she was in possession of a small amount of cannabis.

Vonda, who works at Woolworths, had no relevant criminal history. She was fined $950 but spared a conviction.