An alleged ram-raider has cried, yelled a profanity and slammed her hand on a table in court while being refused bail over an early morning break-in at a cafe in Canberra's north.
Jennifer Jane Hanson, 27, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday, charged with aggravated burglary.
ACT Policing alleges the Moncrieff woman and two unidentified people, believed to be men, "participated in a ram-raid style burglary" at Coffee Guru in Casey just before 4am on Friday.
Documents tendered in court say they used a Toyota Prado four-wheel drive, which had been stolen from a Fyshwick service station the previous day, to ram the front of the cafe three times in a nine-minute period.
The car was located soon after in Sutton, NSW, where police say it had been "completely destroyed by fire".
Ms Hanson, already on bail at the time over an alleged conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, was arrested at her home on Friday afternoon.
During a subsequent search, investigators claim to have found clothes resembling those the woman in CCTV footage of the ram-raid was wearing.
When Ms Hanson appeared from a remote room within the court precinct on Saturday, she was formally charged with aggravated burglary and a firearms offence that dated back to September.
She did not enter pleas, but she tearfully told magistrate Peter Morrison she had "done nothing wrong" since being granted bail on the conspiracy charge just last week.
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The 27-year-old applied to be bailed again, with the earlier charge meaning she was required to prove special or exceptional circumstances existed to justify her release.
Legal Aid duty lawyer Hugh Jorgensen said they did, telling the court Ms Hanson was the sole carer for an eight-year-old child.
Prosecutor Sam Bargwanna said this was not special or exceptional, noting the court had heard a family member had been looking after that child since Ms Hanson's arrest.
"I also have concerns about who was looking after the child yesterday when Ms Hanson was committing an aggravated burglary," Mr Bargwanna said.
Ms Hanson, who interjected on a number of occasions, insisted it was only alleged that she was involved in this offence.
When Mr Morrison ultimately remanded her in custody, saying he was not satisfied special or exceptional circumstances existed, Ms Hanson cried and claimed she was "not charged with anything".
The Moncrieff woman also accused police of breaking into her home without a warrant, and said she wanted to "talk to my actual lawyer".
She mumbled that someone was a "f---ing idiot" before yelling "f---" and slamming her hand on a table just as the audio connection to the remote room was terminated.
Ms Hanson will face court again this coming Thursday.
