Woman Avoids Jail After Tracking And Running Down Husband And His Mistress

A Brisbane District Court trial last year was told Christie Lee Kennedy, 38, had been married to David Larkin for almost a decade when she found out he was having an affair with Zowie Noring in March 2021.

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Using a phone locator app, Kennedy quickly tracked down her husband and discovered him talking with his lover by the side of the road at Wavell Heights, in Brisbane's north. 

Kennedy accelerated towards them, on the wrong side of road "for some time", before driving into the duo, crown prosecutor Jennifer O'Brien told the jury.

She then got out of her car and punched Ms Noring in the face, calling her a 'fat moll' and a 'sl*t' before getting back in the car and driving up the street where she parked and returned to her husband.

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Kennedy's defense barrister, Penny White, argued that her client had not intended to hit the couple with her car, but just wanted to ‘get there quickly’, claiming this is why she chose to accelerate.

White said:

“She wanted to get to them and confront them about what was going on. The only reason this happened was because her husband was kissing someone else and she wasn't aware of it.” 

She was not found guilty with a majority jury verdict on two counts of malicious acts with intent to disable. 

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But the jury was discharged after being unable to reach a verdict on two alternative charges of assault occasioning bodily harm while armed.

Due to face a retrial this week on those charges, she instead pleaded guilty on Monday to a downgraded charge of dangerous driving. 

She had earlier pleaded guilty to an assault charge stemming from the same incident.

Kennedy has pleaded guilty to the assault of Zowie Noring, her husband's alleged mistress. Photo / Supplied

Judge Paul Smith sentenced Kennedy to nine months in jail for dangerous operation of a vehicle and common assault, with both sentences suspended.

Smith said Kennedy was lucky Larkin and Noring ‘weren’t more seriously injured’, adding: 

“I think it would be fair to conclude that you would be quite shocked about what you saw there despite what suspicions you had prior.

“You're obviously an excellent employee and a very good mother and it's a real shame you committed this offence but I do form a firm view that this offending is out of character and it's unlikely you'll reoffend with anything like this.”

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Kennedy was sentenced on Monday to a nine-month suspended jail sentence, disqualified from driving for nine months and ordered to pay Mr Larkin and Ms Noring $5000 each.