Police were forced to tackle a woman to the ground in a North East magistrates court after she tried to launch an iPad at a man.
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Despite the victim having a court order against Benalla woman Brigid Chalmers, and a magistrate, police officers and lawyers being present, the mother-of-three lashed out at him.
Chalmers had been arrested on the morning of April 21 at the Benalla Police Station after breaching the order.
She was released pending summons and went over to the nearby court.
As the victim was speaking to magistrate Peter Dunn, Chalmers yelled at him, calling the man a liar.
She was told to be quiet but shouted at him again before pushing her way to be directly opposite the man.
Chalmers pointed at the victim and told him to stop lying as he pushed his chair back to avoid her.
She picked up an iPad before trying to throw it at the man, but police stopped her.
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The Benalla woman had to be dragged out of the court, still screaming, and resisted police in the foyer as they tried to handcuff her.
They had to force her to the ground before arresting her for the second time that day.
"I realised he was lying, I said 'tell the truth'," she told officers during an interview.
"I was angry, I was frustrated.
"He made me so angry."
The same court this week heard the victim had met Chalmers through church.
She believed they had been in a relationship, which he refused to acknowledge.
Chalmers had breached a personal safety intervention order by frequently attending the place where he volunteers.
She drove past him multiple times on March 21, making eye contact.
The man has PTSD and said her actions had exacerbated it.
Her behaviour escalated on April 8 with the man forced to call triple zero as the woman went to his home before tracking him down and confronting him.
She screamed at him from close distance before leaving and returning, and shouting again.
Lawyer Geoff Clancy said Chalmers planned to leave Benalla and wanted to apologise to the court.
"I guess, your honour, we deal with people who are emotionally upset in the court," he told magistrate Ian Watkins, but said her reaction was wrong.
Chalmers had raised concerns about the victim filming her on a body camera.
But police said there was no evidence of misbehaviour from the victim.
Mr Watkins said Chalmers had breached a court order and offended inside a court.
"It's pretty ordinary behaviour in a court room," the magistrate said.
"I'm sure you don't like people treating you with contempt.
"Courts don't like people treating it with contempt.
"You should be ashamed of yourself."
Chalmers had been charged with five courts of breaching a person safety intervention order, harassing a witness and resisting police.
She was placed on an adjourned undertaking and ordered to donate $500 to the court fund.
The mother-of-three asked to speak to Mr Watkins but was cut off by her lawyer.