Woman charged after pursuit - Lake Illawarra

Tuesday, 12 August 2025 08:18:50 PM

A woman will appear in Court after being charged following a police pursuit in the Lake Illawarra region today.

Just before 9am (Tuesday 12 August 2025), police were called to a school on Fairwater Drive, Horsley, due to concerns of a potential domestic violence-related incident.

Officers attached to Lake Illawarra Police District Police attended and attempted to speak with a woman, who was in the driver’s seat of a car.

As the woman drove away, a male constable suffered a minor injury to his arm when he attempted to stop the driver.

The vehicle was sighted a short time later on the Princes Highway, Unanderra; however, when the driver allegedly failed to stop as directed, a pursuit was initiated.

The vehicle continued to travel west along the Princes Highway and travelled through local streets before stopping on Albert Street, Unanderra.

The driver – a 37-year-old woman – was arrested and taken to Lake Illawarra Police Station where she was charged with six offences – contravene AVO, use offensive weapon to prevention lawful detention, assault police officer in execution of duty – cause actual bodily harm, resist police, drive manner dangerous and not stop vehicle when directed to do so.

The woman was refused bail and will appear in Bail Division Court 3 tomorrow (Wednesday 13 August 2025).

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