Moments after discovering an affair, Christie Lee Kennedy allegedly tracked down her husband and ran him over alongside together with his lover.
The mother-of-two then obtained out of her automotive, grabbed the mistress by the hair and punched her within the head screaming "fats moll", Brisbane District Court docket was advised.
Kennedy, 37, had been married to David Larkin for about 9 years when her "world got here crashing down" in March 2021.
"She discovered herself able nobody would wish to be in. She came upon that her husband ... was having an affair with one other girl," defence barrister Penny White advised a jury.
"The occasions that adopted from that realisation ... all occurred in a matter of seconds after she came upon."
Utilizing a telephone locator app, Kennedy discovered her husband speaking with one other girl, Zowie Noring, by the facet of the street at Wavell Heights in Brisbane's north, the court docket was advised.
Kennedy accelerated in direction of them in her BMW SUV, driving on the flawed facet of street "for a while" earlier than hitting the pair, crown prosecutor Jennifer O'Brien mentioned.
CCTV footage from a close-by residence captured the incident.
"The footage will present that they had been lined up and hit and rolled off the bonnet," O'Brien mentioned.
"There was no try and swerve away or right course to cease her from hitting (the pair).
"Put merely ... the defendant drove her automotive, a big and highly effective object ... and ran them over."
Larkin mentioned he had been chatting with Noring for a couple of minutes earlier than he heard a automotive "accelerating erratically" and seemed as much as see his spouse's BMW, which he recognized because of the personalised plates.
He mentioned the subsequent factor he remembered was "coming to on the roadway".
Larkin then noticed his spouse grabbing Noring by the hair and repeatedly punching her whereas yelling phrases like "slut", O'Brien mentioned.
Larkin suffered head cuts, arm and leg bruising and swelling, rib ache and a dislocated finger.
Noring was handled for head cuts, belly ache, arm abrasions in addition to thigh and ankle accidents.
Larkin mentioned he had met Noring years in the past via pals however had develop into shut within the weeks previous to the incident after they'd each been via "traumatic occasions".
He described his marriage as "pretty rocky" however initially denied sleeping with Noring earlier than conceding he had been dishonest on his spouse.
"We had been having an affair if that's the way you wish to describe it," Larkin mentioned beneath cross examination.
Kennedy pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of illegal assault inflicting bodily hurt.
She pleaded responsible to illegal assault.
The trial earlier than Choose Tony Moynihan continues.