A Launceston woman was calm as she shot a firearm out a window and into the air during a siege last year, a court was told.
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Nomi Lea Mountney, 40, appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing.
Tasmania Police sergeant James Scicluna gave evidence into the Trevallyn siege that occurred in New World Avenue in December 2018.
A number of photographs he had taken during the incident were shown. The photos indicated where police were located during the siege and what they could see.
During the hearing Sergeant Scicluna said he was alone when a "muzzle flash" occurred just after 7.30pm.
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Ms Mountney and her co accused Brett Robinson-Stacey appeared a number of times at a window of the New World Avenue house throughout the night.
Sergeant Scicluna said about 8pm, Ms Mountney appeared at the open window, did not lean out, but the firearm was discharged into the air.
He said she was "quite calm" before firing the firearm and "right up almost to the window", but the firearm was positioned in between being inside and outside the house.
Ms Mountney was bailed to reappear in the Launceston Supreme Court at 10.45am on February 3.
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