A mother-of-three has been sentenced to three years' jail for her involvement in the robbery of a 76-year-old man at Fingal.
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Tara Jayne Lewis, 29, was convicted on charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated armed robbery and stealing, all of which she had pleaded guilty to.
Along with Rose-Lee Clarke and Shelly May Freeman, who both pleaded guilty to their charges and have been sentenced, Lewis travelled from Launceston to Fingal at about 9.30pm on March 26 this year.
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There they broke into two adjoining properties, both belonging to the complainant. A six-pack of beer was stolen from the first property.
The trio then entered the second property. About midnight, the complainant was awoken by noise.
Clarke was armed with a baseball bat.
Aggressive demands for money were made of the complainant. Lewis attempted to tie his hands with rope but he resisted her.
Clarke attacked the victim with a metal baseball bat, which Justice Robert Pearce said caused "terrible" bruising to his torso, thighs and other parts of his body. He has had teeth extracted since the incident.
In Launceston Supreme Court on Tuesday, Justice Pearce said he was satisfied Lewis had known of the plan before she went to Fingal, including the intention to use weapons, and was satisfied that she herself used threats of violence towards the complainant once inside his home.
"Freeman said you forced the door to the complainant's house," Justice Pearce said to Lewis. "I think it very likely [the complainant] was struck by two people."
"I'm not satisfied you are one of the people who struck him.
"You were directly responsible for the attempt to tie [the complainant] up [and] looked for money while violence occurred.
"At first you lied about this."
The court heard Lewis had been undertaking courses while in custody in an effort to "improve" herself.
Justice Pearce said Lewis's account to police of what had happened that night was vague, lacking in detail and implausible. He said he believed she had attempted to "minimise" her involvement in the crimes.
Lewis sat crying in the dock as the judge handed down his sentence.
"This was a very serious home invasion," Justice Pearce said. "It was pre-meditated and planned."
Justice Pearce said the complainant had been left "anxious, upset and trembling" in the immediate wake of the attack.
Lewis was convicted on all charges and sentenced to three years in prison, backdated to when she first entered custody on March 28, 2019.
She won't be eligible for parole until she's served half of her sentence.