Shocking footage captured the moment a woman mowed down her husband and his lover in her car.
Christie Lee Kennedy, 38, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in Brisbane court last month.
She had found her husband David Larkin kissing another woman, Zowie Noring, in the Brisbane suburb of Wavell Heights in March 2021.
Christie Lee Kennedy (center) avoided jail time after pleading guilty to beating her then-husband and his lover with her car
Footage of the incident shared by 9News shows Kennedy driving towards the unsuspecting couple in her BMW SUV.
The video then shows the vehicle crashing into them, sending them both sprawling onto the bitumen.
Ms. Kennedy then got out of her car and punched Ms. Noring in the face, calling her a “fat moll” and a “slut” before getting back into the car and driving off.
After Mrs. Noring drove off, Mrs. Kennedy returned to berate her stricken husband until the ambulance arrived.
The mother of two narrowly avoided jail time for the revenge act.
A jury last year found Kennedy not guilty of two counts of acting maliciously with intent to incapacitate him.
The same jury failed to reach unanimous or majority decisions in September on the offenses of assault causing bodily harm.
The Crown dropped the two assault charges that brought her charges last month.
Kennedy had pleaded guilty to common assault at the start of her trial last year after punching Ms. Noring in the face.
The court was told that Kennedy followed her husband to the street after she followed him using the Find My Phone app installed on his phone after he told her he had gone to pick up their children from the nursery.
Footage from the incident (pictured) shows the rejected woman driving her BMW SUV into her husband and his mistress
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Kennedy (left) found her husband David Larkin (right) kissing another woman, Zowie Noring, in the Brisbane suburb of Wavell Heights in March 2021.
Kennedy saw the couple “kissing and hugging” and accelerated toward them before slamming on the brakes, the court was told.
“Her vehicle hit both of them with the front of the car,” the Crown prosecutor said.
Mr. Larkin was thrown into the air and thrown onto the road.
“Mrs. Noring was also thrown on the road. After hitting Mrs. Noring, (Kennedy) immediately attacked her, showing a lack of remorse for her actions at the time in hitting a person who was on the ground after being hit.”
The Crown argued that Kennedy should be sentenced to three years in prison.
Kennedy’s attorney, Penny White, told the court that her client had no intention of hitting the pair with her car, instead “getting there fast” whenever she chose to accelerate.
“She wanted to reach them and confront them about what was going on,” Ms White said.
Mr. Larkin and Mrs. Noring were left lying on the road after the collision
Kennedy (right) was banned from driving for nine months and ordered to pay $5,000 each in damages to her ex-husband and Mrs. Noring
“The only reason this happened was because her husband was kissing someone else and she didn’t know it.”
Judge Paul Smith sentenced Kennedy to nine months in prison for the two offenses, who will serve two years’ probation.
“I think it would be fair to conclude that you would have been quite shocked by what you saw there, despite the suspicions you previously had,” Judge Smith said.
“You are obviously an excellent employee and a very good mother and it is really unfortunate that you committed this offense but I firmly believe that this offense is not in your character and you are unlikely to reoffend with something like this .’
Kennedy was ordered to pay $5,000 each in damages to her ex-husband and Mrs. Noring.
The court heard that the couple was physically and emotionally damaged by the event.
Kennedy was disqualified from driving for nine months.