An Albion Park nurse who flew into a violent rage after discovering her fiance in bed with another woman has failed to get her convictions for assault overturned.
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Tanaya Daley, 18, was placed on two good behaviour bonds in the local court for charges of common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, after leaving her boyfriend bloodied and bruised, and his lover running for the hills.
She appealed the penalties to the district court, telling Judge Paul Conlon on Tuesday that the recording of criminal convictions for the offences would have a detrimental impact on her career.
However, Judge Conlon dismissed the appeal, saying Daley’s frenzied actions, which included grabbing a knife at one stage during the incident, were very serious.
The court heard Daley arrived at her fiance’s Gwynneville home at about 12.30am on May 5 to discover him engaging in sexual activity with the other woman.
Daley, who was still outside the house at this stage, knocked on a side door and called out to her fiance that she had a shirt to give him and asked that he let her inside.
However, as he did, Daley punched him in the face without warning before running to the kitchen area and grabbing a small black knife from the benchtop.
She then tried to run into the bedroom, however, was grabbed by her boyfriend, who managed to restrain her momentarily.
She dropped the knife in the ensuing struggle but quickly broke free of the man’s grip and headed for the bedroom. The man again managed to restrain Daley, who by this stage was in a fit of rage, police documents before the court said.
Daley repeatedly punched and kicked her fiance while in his grasp but eventually wriggled free and turned on the woman, pushing her against the wall of the bedroom before pulling her by the hair back down on to the bed.
Daley told the woman to leave, kicking her in the head as she bent down to pick up her handbag from the floor.
The man yelled at Daley to leave the house, prompting her to punch him one final time then run out the door.
She was arrested a short time later at the front of the house.
In court on Tuesday, Daley told Judge Conlon she knew what she’d done was wrong and wished she could take it back.
Judge Conlon accepted she was remorseful but said she needed to accept responsibility for her actions.
He said for the court not to record a conviction would be inappropriate given the serious nature of Daley’s conduct.
