The woman, whose name has been withheld to protect her children’s identities, subsequently pleaded guilty to three charges arising from the incident at about 9.30am on January 16, this year — making a threat, assaulting police and resisting police.
Her pleas came after one of the charges had been reduced.
The woman’s ex-partner was charged with breaching bail.
Judge Warren Cathcart sentenced the woman to two months community detention with an 8pm to 7am curfew.
He told the woman the detective was well within her legal rights to want to check inside the house after hearing such a threat.
Calculating the sentence, the judge set a starting point of five months imprisonment.
The woman had previous relevant convictions showing her propensity for violence but the judge said he would not impose an uplift for it as the offending this time was mainly against police.
He noted the woman was sentenced about a year ago to four months home detention for threatening to kill and assault with a blunt instrument. The woman had failed to attend a Stopping Violence programme she was required to undergo as part of that previous sentence.
Supervision had been suggested this time but the judge said it was not necessary as the woman had already engaged with two appropriate programmes—– one for anger management, the other for alcohol and other drug abuse.
The court was told the woman had several children, most of whom were in the care of her parents. Only one of the children lived with her.
