Final submissions in Glasshouse glassing trial

By Veronica Apap
Updated November 5 2012 - 7:56pm, first published March 20 2009 - 10:41am
Casey Marie Goldrick outside court yesterday.
Casey Marie Goldrick outside court yesterday.

Depending on who you believe, Albion Park hairdresser Casey Marie Goldrick either smashed a glass into another woman's face at a nightclub and fabricated a story for police or she has been the victim of a false allegation for the past 16 months. Crown prosecutor Ron Hoenig and defence barrister Bart Vasic both summed up their cases for the jury on Friday in Goldrick's trial, which has been running in the District Court for two weeks.The 24-year-old has pleaded not guilty to maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on Krystle Kelley about midnight on November 3, 2007, at the Glasshouse Tavern.Neither side disputes that the two women met on the dance floor that night when Goldrick stepped on Ms Kelley's foot.Mr Hoenig said after a brief conversation, Goldrick smashed a 200ml glass into Ms Kelley's face.Ms Kelley said she felt no impact at the time, but noticed something warm on her face, then put her hand to her face, feeling a flap of skin.She then fell to the dance floor on her elbows and knees, Mr Hoenig said, where Goldrick punched her in the back of the head.Throughout the trial, the defence has maintained Goldrick did not smash the glass into Ms Kelley's face.Mr Vasic said after the brief conversation on the dance floor, Ms Kelley punched Goldrick in the mouth, causing her to fall.Goldrick then reached up, grabbed Ms Kelley by the hair with both hands and pulled her down to the floor, where she punched her in the back of the head.Mr Vasic said Ms Kelley's face could have been cut by broken glass on the dance floor.Ms Kelley was left blind in her right eye, with permanent facial scarring, as a result of the incident.Mr Vasic said Goldrick had only a superficial cut on her hand in the aftermath."For that force to cause that glass to smash to that degree, you are going to have an equal and opposite effect," he said."That is, you are going to have (a wound) a bit more spectacular to the hand that's holding the glass."Mr Hoenig described Goldrick's evidence as inconsistent."You might think she presented poorly," he said. "You might think she was not credible and you might think she didn't help herself."Judge Paul Conlon began his directions to the jury yesterday and will continue on Monday morning before jury members are sent to deliberate on their verdict.

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