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Subscriber only A Byron Bay woman has been jailed for assaulting her cellmate during a fight over tobacco, and the unprovoked assault of her sister-in-law at her Goonellabah home last year. Rita Williams appeared in Grafton Local Court on Tuesday where she was sentenced after pleading guilty to reckless wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court heard that in August 2019 the 37-year-old was an inmate of 5 Wing at Grafton Correctional Centre, and in the week prior to the reckless wounding had made an agreement that her cellmate would supply Williams with small amounts of tobacco. According to court documents, about 1.30pm on August 16 the victim was lying in her bed when Williams entered the cell and asked for more tobacco. The victim told Williams she didn t have any and said you shouldn t have asked me for more cause (sic) you haven t given me what you said you would .
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A South Grafton woman has faced court over a disturbing series of offences, including spitting at a bottle shop worker after being refused service and waving a 30cm knife around while drunkenly rambling through a residential Grafton street.
Zoie Tanina-Louise Boers appeared in Grafton Local Court on Monday where she was sentenced after pleading guilty to common assault, custody of a knife in a public place and driving with middle range PCA.
The court heard the 31-year-old drove into the drive-through bottleshop of the Australian Hotel in South Grafton on the evening of April 25 last year.