A CALIFORNIA Gully woman who twice threatened to kill a neighbour and tried to break into an associate's home while wielding a knife has been ordered to undergo anger management counselling.
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Narkita Kerr, 24, pleaded guilty in Bendigo Magistrates Court on Tuesday to 12 charges including three counts of criminal damage, two counts of using threatening language and one count each of possessing a controlled weapon and unlawful assault.
The court heard Kerr was placed in the police holding cell three times in less than three months after officers arrested her for lashing out at the men.
On March 16, Kerr visited an associate's home in Kennington and verbally abused the occupant, while a co-accused allegedly threatened to slit the man's throat.
The pair then attacked the victim's vehicle with a mop, ripped out CCTV cameras at the property and tried to push open the unit's door, stabbing at the mesh screen with the weapons several times while the victim resisted from inside.
When police arrived and found Kerr intoxicated in the driveway, she ran towards the car and starting kicking it in front of the officers.
The court heard the damage to the vehicle totalled more than $5300.
In separate incidents in January and March, Kerr approached a neighbour's home and began kicking at the property fence.
When she asked to stop, she unleashed a torrent of verbal abuse, threatening to beat him up and kill him.
While the victim was on the phone to police, a large rock smashed through the front lounge room window.
Defence lawyer Michael McKenna told the court his client had a long-standing problem with alcohol, which she used to deal with a past trauma.
But he said Kerr had stopped drinking regularly following her uncle's alcohol-related death five months ago.
Mr McKenna said the mother-of-three had family support but would benefit from ongoing professional assistance.
Magistrate John Bentley said it was clear given Kerr's traumatic history she was in need of considerable intervention.
He ordered her complete a therapeutic, 15-month community corrections order with alcohol and mental health programs.
"You'll be able to get counselling," Mr Bentley said.
"I'm also going to require you get anger management counselling."
But he said some restitution was required and ordered Kerr to pay $2500 for the car damage.