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A Victorian woman who crushed her partner's lover, dragging her body for 30 meters, cried in court while she was imprisoned for three years.
Elisha Browne, 40, pled guilty to imprudent serious injury while driving an unregistered Volvo to her partner's love on April 3 this year.
Her boyfriend, Ross Perrys, 54, had a relationship with Browne and Maria Tiglar, 31, a mother of two.
Mr. Perrys and Browne had known each other for 15 years and had an intimate relationship since early 2017.
Ms. Tiglar felt that Mr. Perrys was single when she also started dating in November 2017.
After discovering that Mr. Perrys was dating Ms. Tiglar, Browne called the victim several times. She left threatening messages and then escalated the situation in April.
That Tuesday night, after she began to suspect that her partner was seeing her lover, Browne "was put in a state of jealousy and was erratic and angry," according to court documents.
She got into the car and went to the victim's home in Clarinda, 19km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. She saw her boyfriend and her other partner together and went hunting while they ran away in her car, sometimes reaching speeds exceeding 130 km at the time.
Twice, Browne hit Mr. Perrys' car, which stalled and stopped in the middle of a busy road. When the couple was out, Mrs. Browne drove along the nature band towards Mrs. Tiglar.
The victim was struck with such force that she "heard her bones break and felt her body slipping under the car".
She was dragged for 30 minutes and, lying on the ground, clearly remembers the fear that Browne will reverse.
Ms. Tiglar suffered several serious injuries, including a broken femur and an ankle fracture, both of which required surgery.
She also suffers psychological consequences of the collision, including flashbacks, nightmares and difficulty sleeping.
Judge Frank Gucciardo said Friday in the County Victorian court that Browne had called Mr. Perrys after the incident.
"While the police were on the scene, you called Perrys' phone," Gucciardo said.
"The police heard your incoherent speech full of explosives in which you denied having run Ms. Tiglar, then told Mr. Perrys that what had happened was his fault."
He added that Browne had acknowledged that she was "embarrbaded and disgusted" during an interview with the police after her arrest, but that she had not acted rationally.
In sentencing Browne to three years in prison, he stated that she could have killed her victim or another user of the road.
"Seeking to avenge a betrayal so violently and publicly fueled by the red flag of anger and animosity is unacceptable," Gucciardo said.
"It is perhaps understandable that such conduct induces feelings of animosity. However, it is never acceptable to express this frustration in violence, a careless disregard for others and a type of vigilance with regard to a perceived romantic wrong.
"Behavior like yours is hateful and unacceptable, and deserves to be punished."
The court heard that Browne was a reformed drug addict on the ice and that he had been arrested for possession of ecstasy and cannabis, as well as for possession of a controlled weapon – a stun gun – and death threats.
She is the mother of an autistic child and was born in Papua New Guinea before moving to Australia as a girl.
Browne sobbed in court while she was sentenced. The court heard that she was "very repentant".
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