A Lavington woman's last-minute decision to seek alternative legal representation has stopped a hearing into a police pursuit going ahead.
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The allegations leveled by police against Kara Maree Williams were meant to be tested on Friday.
These centred on claims she was at the wheel of a stolen car that reached speeds of up to 160km/h on the Hume Freeway through Albury.
In pursuit were members of the Albury Highway Patrol.
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But the two charges laid over the matter - Williams is not alleged to have taken the vehicle - had to be put off until next year.
Magistrate Richard Funston was not impressed, largely because by the time the hearing proceeds it will have been almost two years since the incident allegedly took place.
"With enormous frustration, I'm able to grant this adjournment," he said in Albury Local Court.
Williams, 26, of Mutsch Street, pleaded not guilty to police pursuit and a second offence of drive while disqualified.
She did, however, previously plead guilty to seven counts of obtaining property by deception and one of being carried in conveyance.
All charges relate to the same series of incidents.
Williams was to have been represented by Legal Aid NSW, but the court was told on Friday that the Aboriginal Legal Service had now taken over.
Lawyer Daniel Maxton said there had not been sufficient time to be briefed for the hearing.
Mr Funston said that in order to save the court the delay from making such a decision later, he intended to immediately order a sentence assessment report.
She will be sentenced after the hearing on January 29.
The court was told how two cars had been stolen - in North Albury on March 10, 2018, and Lavington two days later - and later used by Williams and three co-offenders to travel to several service stations in Albury and Wodonga.
A debit card also taken from one of the properties was then used to make several purchases.
One of the cars was later dumped and set on fire.