A 30-year-old Upper Hutt woman, who was staying with her on-off partner in Eketahuna over the Christmas period and went "nuts" after a disagreement, was convicted of wilful damage when she appeared in the Masterton District Court on Thursday.
Sergeant Jodie Lawrence, prosecuting, told Judge Chris Tuohy that between December26 and 31 the defendant Corrina Sabrina Thomson was staying at a house in Eketahuna with her two young children.
She had been in an on-off relationship with the occupant of the house with whom she had a child and he invited them to spend time with him at his home.
While staying there Thomson and the occupant of the house had a disagreement over a personal issue and she subsequently went to the home of a woman they had argued about and caused considerable damage to her belongings.
In explanation Thomson said she had been very angry and had gone "nuts". She admitted to throwing and smashing the victim's items including some drawers, a television, DVD/home theatre system and a coffee table belonging to the injured party. A television was dropped on to the ground and broken while the DVD/home theatre system was also badly damaged.
Sergeant Lawrence said the victim had moved into the house where the damage took place with her 17-year-old son and a 21 year-old nephew and they were all away between December 26 and 31 staying with family.
Thomson, who had previously appeared before the court, said she was glad she did it at the time, but now regretted doing what she did.
The drawers, television, and DVD/home theatre system belonging to the victim were irreparable. Reparation of $2800 was sought.
Defence lawyer Virginia Pearson said that she believed the reparation total was high and seemed to be the financial cost it would take to replace the items as new.
Judge Tuohy convicted Thomson of wilful damage and remanded her on bail until April 18. He directed that a reparation report be carried out and that a pre-sentence report be compiled on Thomson.
