Carmen Lee Ugle: Narrogin woman jailed for threatening her mother with a hammer, punching a woman and stealing

A Narrogin woman who attacked a woman outside a public pool and threatened her own mother with a hammer has been jailed for a year. Carmen Lee Ugle appeared in Narrogin Magistrates Court via video link from Melaleuca Women’s Prison on Tuesday. The 45-year-old pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including assault occasioning bodily harm, being armed, aggravated threat, five counts of stealing, two counts of possessing drug paraphernalia and two counts of breaching protective bail. On February 14, Ugle punched a woman in the head at the Narrogin Regional Leisure Centre after accusing her of having relations with her partner. The victim was taken to Narrogin Health Service and Ugle left the scene, only to be arrested later that day. A week later, police arrested Ugle for a separate matter and conducted a house search, finding a plastic smoking implement with traces of cannabis. On March 2, Ugle got into an argument with her mother in public and pulled out a hammer, telling her “I’ll smash your car up, if you come any closer I’ll put this through your windscreen”. Between these offences, she stole $356.65 worth of items from the Narrogin Reject Shop over five separate occasions, including soft drinks, a speaker, garden supplies, beauty items, and confectionery. Police found another plastic smoking implement with traces of cannabis in her home on March 3. Ugle was held in custody from March 7-18 before being released, but breached her bail conditions on April 15 and 17 when she missed her April court date, and was remanded in custody a second time until Tuesday’s court appearance. Ugle was sentenced to a year in jail with no mention of parole, backdated to include the 39 days she spent in custody. For the two drug paraphernalia charges, Ugle was fined $400 and $156 in costs.