A Bourke woman with a "raging drug habit" who left a senior citizen bleeding from the head after he refused to let her drink a bottle of coke has had her jail sentence reduced.
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Glenda Boney, 27, was sentenced to 12 months in jail for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO) when she fronted a Bourke court last month.
According to a statement of agreed facts presented in court, Boney told police she needed help to fight her drug addiction when she voluntarily handed herself in after the September 29 assault.
Police said Boney told them she went to the 82-year-old man's house to have sex in exchange for cash she used to pay for drugs.
After the pair had a dispute and the man told Boney to get out of his house, court documents revealed she went to a fridge and helped herself to soft drink. The man took it out of Boney's hand and refused to let her have a drink.
Boney then lashed out and struck the man twice with a blunt object which cut his face and caused his head to bleed.
A short time after the assault, Boney reported herself to police and said she should not have hit the man.
In addition to the assault, Boney was also jailed for breaching an AVO condition.
Police said she approached a different man at Bourke Bowling Club.
Boney asked him for $30 and he gave her $18.
A short time later Boney went to a Short Street property and hounded the man for more drug money.
Police were called and warned Boney she was in breach of the AVO before they took her away from the property. She went back again a short time later and was charged with an AVO breach.
After Boney was sentenced in the Local Court, she lodged a severity appeal in the District Court.
Judge John North cut Boney's term of imprisonment from 12 months to 10 months. The original 10-month non-parole period she was handed was also cut to eight months. Boney will be eligble for release in March 2020.
The judge said Boney had a "raging drug habit" but had taken positive steps towards rehabilitation, was remorseful and was entitled to leniency.