Charlotte Harrison: Woman tries to run over BF for 'taking one of her chips', crashes car into power box
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA: A man has accused his girlfriend of attempting to run him down with her car after he "took one of her hot chips" from her snack pack, a court heard. Matthew Finn made the unprecedented allegation against his partner, Charlotte Harrison, at the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday, February 27.
Finn told the court that he made a grievous mistake by taking a chip from Harrison's chicken and salad pack when they were traveling in her Subaru on north Adelaide's busy Melbourne Street on Sunday, February 26. "I thought she was finished," Finn told Nine News outside the court. "I shouldn't have asked for the chip." The boyfriend then claimed that Harrison asked her to get out of her car and chased him on the street. "She came straight at me," he said. Investigators later alleged that Harrison slammed into oncoming traffic and a power box while attempting to hit Finn.
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'She has seen him run off’
Harrison, who is facing charges of aggravated endangering life and driving in a reckless or dangerous manner, denied all the allegations leveled against her, noting she had come to help Finn that day after he'd called her saying he was unwell. She further claimed that she was taking him to the hospital but he attacked her inside the car, causing her to pull over and let him out. Harrison's duty solicitor also noted that she "was not intending on harming" Finn she mistakenly pushed the accelerator as she attempted to make a U-turn on her way to notify police, DailyMail reported.
"She has seen him run off, she has attempted to do a U-turn to go to the Norwood Police Station," her duty solicitor told the court. "She has, by mistake, stepped on the accelerator rather than the brake and then hit the pole as described in the CCTV footage. It's accepted that on viewing the CCTV footage that it might look like there was an attempt to endanger the complainant's life." The solicitor also revealed that Harrison had disclosed to him that Finn had previously abused her and was a drug addict who had served time in jail.
Harrison was a 'flight risk'
Harrison, who temporarily represented herself after firing her attorney, made a bail plea, saying she should be released as she "complied with authorities" and "did not escape the site of the collision." However, Magistrate Ben Sale expressed concern that Harrison was a "flight risk" and stated that the police's account of the incident's CCTV was "concerning". Magistrate Sale ordered a home detention bail inquiry report and said he was likely to release her under those orders depending on the report.