A Swan Bay woman who has a suspended jail sentence hanging over her head for causing the death of a man in a 2018 Christmas Day road crash faced the Launceston Magistrates Court on Monday.
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Elizabeth Anne Quill, 36, pleaded not guilty to new charges alleged on September 17 and has been remanded in custody by Magistrate Simon Brown.
She was charged with driving while disqualified, breach of bail and possessing a smoking pipe when intercepted about 6.14pm in the Woolworths car park on Invermay Road.
Ms Quill previously faced the court on September 1 in relation to driving while disqualified on August 31 this year.
She also faced charges of possession of a controlled plant, namely cannabis, and two counts of possession of a thing for the administration of a controlled drug, namely smoking pipes on the same day.
She did not enter a plea and was bailed on that occasion.
In June Ms Quill was found guilty of causing the death of Jayden John Pearce, 18,in a crash on Pipers River Road, near Lower Turners Marsh in 2018.
Mr Pearce was fatally injured when Ms Quill's car crossed onto the incorrect side of the road and collided with the car in which he was a passenger.
She received a three-month suspended jail sentence and was banned from driving for two years taking her disqualification to November, 2024.
Ms Quill offended in the aftermath of the fatal crash. She pleaded guilty to driving on Pipers River Road with ice in her system in January 2019 - three weeks after the crash.
She also drove on the East Tamar Highway at Hillwood with methylamphetamine in her system on March 1 last year and drove in Ravenswood on July 28 last year when her driver's licence was suspended.
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For these offences, she was sentenced in May to a 12-month community correction order and disqualified from driving for 18 months. She also received a 10-week suspended jail sentence.
Mr Brown ordered her to reappear on October 14 at 2.15pm and on November 12 at 9.45am on the latest charges.
A group of family, friends and supporters of Mr Pearce maintained a vigil outside the court waiting to hear whether Ms Quill would be granted bail.