A New Zealand-born woman in Australia has avoided a stint in prison after throwing her partner's wallet off a balcony, setting fire to his clothes and then breaking into her ex-boyfriend's house.
Jessica Mary O'Brien, an executive assistant, appeared in the Brisbane District Court on Wednesday on one charge of endangering a property by fire.
The court heard how the 32-year-old was in a "volatile" relationship with a man 17 years her senior, the Daily Mail reported.
On June 13, 2018, the couple had drunk three bottles of wine and consumed some Prozac tablets when they got into an argument over O'Brien's male friend.
O'Brien threw her partner's wallet off their apartment's balcony before he retaliated by tossing her phone over too.
When he left the complex, she then set some of his clothes on fire and told two people on the street to call the fire service.
The bystanders later said O'Brien was slurring her words, appeared barefoot and seemed "off her face" during their interaction.
The Daily Mail reported O'Brien offered the bystanders $10,000 to help her flee, but when they declined she caught a taxi to her ex-boyfriend's house.
Upon finding out he wasn't home, she broke in and slept in his bed where she was found the next day by police and arrested.
She was taken to the police station where she puked before being granted bail.
In court on Wednesday, Judge Paul Smith noted O'Brien had a history of mental health issues but is now in a committed relationship with another man and is confident her alcohol abuse is under control.
He sentenced her to a 12-month intensive correction order.