Australia, March 12 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 13:

1. Ms Krystal Begg (the offender) is before the Court following pleas of guilty for multiple offences, involving two different complainants, committed in August 2022 and July 2023. The offender adhered to those pleas of guilty in this sentencing proceeding.

2. In chronological sequence, the nature of the offences, the maximum penalties and applicable standard non-parole periods are as follows.

Table omitted, can be viewed at: (https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1950233931b7511f82b2f213)

3. In addition, in the sentencing hearing, the offender acknowledges her guilt and asks the Court to take into account the additional offence of destruction or damage to property in the value of less than $2,000 when considering sentence for the Intimidation Offence. This additional offence was contrary to s 195(1)(a) of the Crimes Act. The maximum penalty for that offence, when tried on indictment, is 5 years' imprisonment or 2 years (and/or $2,200 fine) when tried summarily.

The facts

4. In relation to the GBH offence, the offender personally signed a statement of agreed facts. In relation to the intimidation offence and ABH offence (and the additional offence), the offender's legal representative signed a statement of agreed facts. The parties commonly relied upon those two statements of agreed facts.

The intimidation offence (and the additional offence)

5. The victim, Ms Webb, met the offender through a friend, Ryan Williams. Mr Williams started a relationship with the offender in early 2022. Shortly thereafter, the offender started living with Mr Williams at the latter's apartment at unit 5/1-3 Walmsley Road, Ourimbah. Ms Webb lived in Wyong. An earlier incident of the relationship between victim and the offender involved the latter telling Ms Webb that she was a "dumb piece of shit". Ms Webb told the offender that she was not welcome at her house.

6. Two weeks after that earlier incident, on 20 August 2022, the offender went to Ms Webb's Wyong address. She continually kicked the garage roller door and repeatedly yelled "I'm going to fucking kill you". Ms Webb was at her home with her friend, Mr Craig Wright, at the time.

7. Ms Webb reported the incidents to the police but did not request that charges be laid. Mr Williams had persuaded her that the offender was a 'good person'. Ms Webb informed Mr Williams that if he wanted to continue his relationship/friendship with the offender, she could no longer be friends with him and both he and the offender were no longer welcome at her house.

8. Later, when explaining this particular offence to Dr Furst, the offender said that she was upset with Ms Webb. They had argued over Mr Williams.

*Rest of the document and Footnotes can be viewed at: (https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1950233931b7511f82b2f213)

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