A woman who attacked an elderly man with a metal bat during a home invasion at Fingal has been given a "significant" discount on her sentence for cooperating with police.
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Rose-Lee Clarke, of Devonport, appeared in the Hobart Supreme Court for sentencing on Monday.
Chief Justice Alan Blow said Clarke's admission to police and early guilty plea meant she was entitled to a reduction in what could've been a five year jail sentence.
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During an appearance in the Launceston Magistrates Court in April, Clarke pleaded guilty to aggravated armed robbery, two counts of aggravated burglary and stealing.
On the night of the burglary Clarke was with her two friends.
After having dinner at her friend's house, they decided to go for a drive because they wanted money for drugs.
The trio took one of the friend's young daughter with them to pick up beanies, gloves, stockings, a baseball bat and a hammer before driving to Fingal.
The girl was left with one of the women's mother, who lived across the road from the victim, put their disguises on and went to rob the 76-year-old man.
Clarke entered the man's first house, which was vacant at the time, through a window before letting the two other women in.
They stole a six-pack of beer from that property then made their way next door.
The victim was awoken when he heard movement inside his house about midnight, so he called out: "Who is that, who is here?"
The trio appeared wearing masks and wielding weapons.
One of the women demanded cash while Clarke attacked the man with the bat and another woman hit him with the hammer.
Despite repeatedly telling the women he didn't have any money, the demands continued with one of the women shouting she had a gun and demanding cash.
The victim told the women there was money next door in a bid to get them to leave.
Attempts were made to tie up the man, but he managed to resist the women.
They grabbed his mobile phone and left.
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The victim used his landline to call a friend after the intruders left and that person called an ambulance.
He sustained a five-centimetre laceration to his skull that required stitches, broken teeth, a blood nose, and "terrible" bruising on his upper body and thighs.
Chief Justice Blow said the man continued to suffer psychological impacts from the burglary.
"The victim was a vulnerable elderly man," he said.
"This is a very serious home invasion."
During the reading of a victim impact statement, the court heard the man had lived alone for more than 20 years but he no longer felt safe in his house.
In his statement, which was previously read to the court by crown prosecutor Luke Brett, the man said he thought the last hit to his head would kill him.
"I can still see what happened in my head. I don't feel safe anymore ... they took that off me," he said.
The Devonport woman has two young children and no prior convictions.
The court heard she'd been couch surfing after escaping a violent relationship and was using ice at the time she committed the home invasion.
She was sentenced to three years' jail, backdated to March 29, and would be eligible for parole after serving 18 months.
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