The woman accused of committing a violent home invasion has claimed she was away from her co-accused for three hours during the time of the attack.
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Kelly-Anne Walsh, 39, was accused of being one of two offenders who assaulted Wodonga woman Melinda Berkley in her home and demanded her pain medication.
She faced charges of aggravated burglary, and intentionally recklessly causing injury.
In a police record of interview played to a trial in the Wodonga County Court on Friday, Walsh admitted going to the home of co-accused Scott Martin to use the drug speed after 10.30pm on January 14.
She claimed she walked home alone at about 3am then returned to Martin’s house at 6am.
Police allege the pair had assaulted the victim at 4.30am.
Walsh sat side-on during her police interview, not making contact with the officers.
“It wasn't me no, no, no,” she said.
Detective Senior Constable Ray Causer put to Walsh in the interview that she and her co-offender entered Ms Berkley’s Emerald Avenue house via an unlocked window.
He said she then hit the victim, who was in bed, with a silver hammer, causing injuries to the woman’s fingers.
Walsh said “no I never” repeatedly during the interview.
Detective Senior Constable Causer gave evidence that police found a balaclava plus syringes and an asthma pump that had fallen from the victim's handbag in nearby streets.
He said no items or drugs from the handbag were found during a raid on Walsh’s house.
Detective Sergeant Graeme Simpfendorfer said Walsh’s DNA was not found on the balaclava.
He said police did not have CCTV footage to corroborate Walsh’s story that she and Martin walked to the nearby Caltex service station at 6am that morning.
The court also heard a recording of Ms Berkley’s Triple-0 call where she frantically asked for police.
“I just had two people run through my house with a baseball bat,” she said.
The trial continues.
