A woman was sentenced to 18 months jail with 12 months non-parole after a man she hit on the head with a chair ended up in intensive care.
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Natasha Lee Lucas, 34, formerly of Bourke, was sentenced in Orange Local Court on Monday for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and will be subject to supervision upon her release.
According to police facts Lucas and the victim had been drinking at a friends house in Orange on January 15.
About 11pm Lucas and the victim became involved in an argument and she picked up a timber chair and hit him on the top of the head.
She left the scene and he went to a neighbouring house for a assistance but refused recommendations by ambulance and police to go to hospital after receiving first aid on a laceration on his head.
About 7am the following morning, a resident woke up to find the victim asleep on the lounge room floor in a puddle of blood, they woke him up but he collapsed unconscious and was taken to hospital.
He was listed as critical upon arrival and taken to intensive care where his condition improved by 2pm and he was kept overnight before being sent to a general ward the following day.
It was several days before Lucas was arrested on a warrant by Orange police.
Caught while disqualified
When police caught a man driving when he thought his driving disqualification had ended, he was disqualified from driving for a further two years.
Patrick Shane Luland, 52, of Adina Crescent was given a 12-month good behaviour bond in Orange Local Court and was disqualified for two years after he was caught driving on Bathurst Road on January 26.
According to police facts, a check revealed Luland was declared a habitual offender by the Roads and Maritime Services and his licence was disqualified for five years from May 11, 2016, to November 11, 2021.
However, he told police he thought he was only disqualified for six months and thought the time was up.
Luland was represented by solicitor Andrew Rolfe who said his client had been disqualified for six months.
“After six months without any attempt to get his licence reinstated he drove again and he thought he was entitled to,” Mr Rolfe said.
The Habitual Offender Declaration was quashed in Orange Local Court on Monday.
