A woman could be released from prison in less than a year after being convicted of brutally torturing a woman and leaving her so terrified she wet herself.
Ingrid Pydde subjected her victim to a horrific ordeal at a Gold Coast unit, in south-east Queensland, on August 16, 2020.
Southport Crown Court heard Pydde had gone to question the woman about a ‘personal complaint’ and then dragged her back inside when she tried to leave. Gold Coast Bulletin.
The court was told Pydde assaulted, punched and knocked the woman to the ground for an hour, allegedly with the help of another man.
She then threw a towel at the victim, told her to “stop bleeding everywhere” and covered her head with a plastic bag, only tearing a small hole so she could breathe.
Ingrid Pydde subjected her victim to a horrific ordeal at a Gold Coast unit, in south-east Queensland, on August 16, 2020.
Pydde taped up the woman’s eyes and jaw, tied her feet and cut off her clothes before putting her naked in a suitcase which she zipped up and locked in a cupboard.
She burned her victim’s finger with a blowtorch, which was sticking out of the top of the slightly unzipped suitcase, and threatened to stab her if she didn’t ‘shut up’.
The woman was released a short time later.
Just weeks earlier, Pydde and three others stormed a house in Coomera, all dressed in black with balaclavas and brandishing weapons including a pistol, the court was told.
Pydde and a female accomplice began prowling the house when the men in their group attacked a 31-year-old man, but the violence quickly escalated when the man fought back.
The man was stabbed and Pydde’s blood was found at the scene. She was the only one identified and charged in connection with the incident.
A victim impact statement from a female resident who was also stabbed during the home invasion was read out in court, revealing she had suffered significant emotional trauma and was receiving mental health treatment.
Pydde was supported by her mother and brother as she appeared in court with a lengthy criminal history
Pydde was supported by her mother and brother as she appeared in court with a lengthy criminal history.
Defense attorney Nicholas Brown said his client’s offending at the time was fueled by drug use.
He said her cousin’s suicide when she was a teenager had a “profound effect” on Pydde and affected the trajectory of her life.
The court heard Pydde completed several programs while in custody, hoping to return to her previous work in Melbourne upon her release.
Pydde pleaded guilty to torture, burglary while armed and in company, and assault causing bodily harm while armed and in company.
She was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and will be eligible for parole on February 8, 2025, after serving more than 700 days in custody to date.