Almost 4000 marijuana plants were seized from multiple properties during a NSW Police operation across the Coffs/Clarence region last week, with several people now facing court.
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Subscriber only A Byron Bay woman has been jailed for assaulting her cellmate during a fight over tobacco, and the unprovoked assault of her sister-in-law at her Goonellabah home last year. Rita Williams appeared in Grafton Local Court on Tuesday where she was sentenced after pleading guilty to reckless wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court heard that in August 2019 the 37-year-old was an inmate of 5 Wing at Grafton Correctional Centre, and in the week prior to the reckless wounding had made an agreement that her cellmate would supply Williams with small amounts of tobacco. According to court documents, about 1.30pm on August 16 the victim was lying in her bed when Williams entered the cell and asked for more tobacco. The victim told Williams she didn t have any and said you shouldn t have asked me for more cause (sic) you haven t given me what you said you would .