A 37-year-old woman, Zhou Dani, pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal trespass and one charge of mischief, one more charge of criminal intimidation will be in consideration for her sentencing.
A suitability report was ordered by the judge to assess her suitability for a mandatory treatment order.
Zhou was romantically involved with the 46-year-old victim and had known each other for 4.5 years at the time of the offence.
She went to his house on 1 September last year at about 8.30pm and took photos of his home and sent it to him via Whatsapp.
She had wanted to try and compel the victim to commit to her because she felt emotional about their relationship, even though the victim was married with a child.
She demanded that the victim come out of his house and when he refused, she climbed over his gate and entered his home.
She also sent him a photo of his car, threatening to crush it, as well as threatening to kill his mother.
Zhou then took a golf club and smashed the victim’s car and house windows, causing $18,000 in damages.
The police were alerted to the incident and when they arrived, she was still smashing the victim’s home windows.
She was then ordered to stop by the police and the told them that she had been drinking beer before the incident.