A teenager has avoided jail after she threatened to attack three friends with a machete in a violent and terrifying assault on a Mangerton street.
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Shekinah Ngatoko, 19, was sentenced to term of imprisonment to be served in the community and 120 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault and two intimidation offences related to the same nighttime brawl.
Agreed facts tendered to court said Ngatoko's mate lured three women, who lived together on Mangerton Road, to the bus stop close by on April 20 last year.
The trio were met by Ngatoko, her mate, sister and another unknown man about 9.30pm when they noticed she was swinging a 40 centimetre machete and said, "who's going to have a one-on-one?"
Ngatoko's male friend told her to "stab the slut" and "kill her".
One of the women stood between her friend and Ngatoko, who handed the machete to her mate before she grabbed the woman by the hair with both hands.
The woman tried to fight back with the pair falling on the road where Ngatoko tried to knee her in the face twice.
The women stood up before Ngatoko swung the woman around by her hair before throwing her into the gutter, causing the woman to hit her head.
The woman curled up and tried to protect herself as Ngatoko tried to stomp on her head.
The fight was only broken up when the teen's mother arrived however they got into a verbal argument.
Ngatoko's mate then started screaming, "I've got the machete... Shekinah, stab them, stab them, stab them" whilst waving the knife in the air.
Ngatoko then grabbed the machete and ran at the woman she was previously assaulting and attempted to stab her in the stomach.
The woman immediately dropped to her knees, fearing for her life before Ngatoko made a second attempt to stab her but was stopped by the other man who grabbed the machete.
The women left and called police who tried to find Ngatoko and her friend. It wasn't until a week later that Ngatoko handed herself into police, was arrested and charged.
In court on Tuesday, defence lawyer Daryl Quirk said there had been "friction between the parties" before adding his client had tried to turn her life around since the attack.
Mr Quirk said Ngatoko had been attending a youth and family service to receive counselling, was no longer living at her Johanson Crescent home, was working part time at a motel and was not friends with those involved in the fight.
"She is young and has taken huge steps in moving forward with her life," Mr Quirk said.
Magistrate Claire Girotto said if Ngatoko came before the court with a criminal record then she would be going to jail as the assault was "quite serious" and was at the "high end of intimidation".
She placed Ngatoko on an intensive corrections order for seven months over the intimidation charges, and a two year community corrections order for the assault, adding she will required to complete 120 hours of community service.
A charge of armed with intent was withdrawn.
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