An Albury woman who left a foul-mouthed, threatening voice mail message on her daughter's phone has escaped conviction after a magistrate acknowledged it was a one-off act.
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Jane Greig had planned on contesting the charges of intimidation and using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend.
But she decided to abandon a hearing this week and instead plead guilty after making her case to Albury Local Court magistrate Richard Funston.
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Greig, 56, told Mr Funston - too forcefully at times, he pointed out - that there was no "intent" in her actions towards her daughter.
Rather, she explained, she was going through an "emotionally stressful" period in her life.
That, she said, had been exacerbated by the sudden death of her partner just three weeks before her offending.
Mr Funston passed on his condolences, then asked after the current status of her relationship with the victim.
"Much better," she said, "much, much better."
Greig, having admitted the charges, said she and her daughter, who suffered from various chronic illnesses, had not long moved to Albury from Griffith.
"We came here for a new life and a new change and it was traumatic," she said.
Mr Funston asked police prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Pike whether he wanted to be heard on the possibility of a conviction not being recorded for Greig.
Sergeant Pike indicated he was not opposed to that course.
"The circumstances of this are probably overwhelming," he said of Greig's situation.
The court was told the daughter received a text message from her mother on August 22 in which Greig said she was cutting she and her brother our of her life.
About 6.18pm, Greig rang the victim and left a message saying: "Get your car keys ready to go to the ... cop shop because I'm going to f ... ing smash your f ... en ... head into the f ... en concrete."
Greig was placed on a 12-month conditional release order for intimidation and a Commonwealth $500 12-month good behaviour bond on the carriage service charge.
