Woman jailed over rage

A couple of hours earlier, Albury Local Court heard how the East Albury woman had told police she wanted to slit her partner’s throat.

“I should have killed you,” were her parting words to him moments after her arrest, sprinkled with a few offensive words.

The pair have since reconciled, but it was not enough to spare her a seven-month jail sentence on Monday.

Magistrate Tony Murray ordered Kellett spend at least three months behind bars and pay $400 in fines.

Kellett’s was a “rare” case where he agreed with a report concluding she was at a medium to high risk of re-offending.

Kellett made an almost immediate bid for freedom, lodging an appeal and putting in an application for bail.

But it came to nothing, the handcuffed 24-year-old’s shoulders slumped as she was taken from court.

That concern about her propensity for violence and the likelihood of Kellett doing it all over again were just two of several reasons Mr Murray cited for refusing her bail.

Mr Murray also agreed with the prosecution’s reasoning that she only had to spend a couple of weeks in custody before her appeal would be heard before the District Court in Albury.

Earlier, she leaned back in her chair with a smile on her face.

Kellett, of East Street, had just pleaded guilty to self-administer or attempt to self-administer a prohibited drug, maliciously destroy or damage property, attempt to stalk or intimidate with the intention of creating fear or harm and assault.

This all sprang out of an incident at their unit on May 15 about 12.30pm when Kellett began asking her boyfriend random questions.

She suggested a cuddle but he suggested they get more intimate, causing her to become “aggressive and abusive”.

At one point she demanded she be able to search his car.

When he refused, she picked up a spanner and threatened him.

“Unlock the car or I’ll smash the window,” she warned.

She swung several punches, left and right, with one grazing the victim’s head, before using the spanner to smash a window.

When interviewed by police, Kellett admitted she was a methamphetamine user.

She injected herself on four occasions over almost 10 hours leading up to about 7.30am that day.