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Subscriber only A MOTHER was slapped with a $2000 fine after she punched her neighbour in the face because she believed he killed her cat. Samantha Ann Bassett fronted the Roma Magistrates Court pleading guilty to one count of stealing and one count of assault occasioning bodily harm. Police prosecutor sergeant David Longhurst told the court on November 10, the defendant overheard the victim, her neighbour, saying he entered her yard and killed her cat. The following day, Bassett saw the neighbour at the Wallumbilla pool and the pair engaged in a verbal altercation before the defendant got angry and punched the victim in the head, the court heard.