Gold Coast: Jilted lover trashes her neighbour’s apartment and slaps her in the face: Maddison Binns

A scorned lover trashed a neighbour’s apartment and slapped her in the face because she thought the woman was romantically involved with her boyfriend.

Maddison Darcas April Binns, 25, discovered her partner was having a secret relationship with another woman who lived in the same unit complex in Labrador, Gold Coast.

She then broke into the apartment of the woman on January 22 this year before slapping her roommate and throwing a flat screen TV and a lamp. 

The angry brunette then slapped the woman and threw a ceramic bowl at her. 

As she was forced to leave she was heard yelling: ‘I told you I would kick the c**t door in’.

She was also seen laughing and blowing a kiss to the woman’s roommate before causing significant damage to her car. 

On Monday, Binns pleaded guilty to common assault, wilful damage and entering a premises with intent. 

Pictured: Maddison Darcas April Binns, 25

Magistrate Ron Kilner sentenced her to 18 months’ probation, ordered she pay $2085 in restitution and $500 in compensation. No conviction was recorded.

Binns covered her face and did not comment as she left court.  

‘Quite clearly there was a provocative act on behalf of your former boyfriend and the person he was having some dalliance with,’ the magistrate said, according to the Gold Coast Bulletin.

‘Understandably people get upset when this is going on but it doesn’t excuse or justify this behaviour.

‘To put it bluntly it was way over the top.’

The court was told Binns had been with her partner for 18 months when she discovered the relationship.

Binns’ lawyer Chris Hannay, of Hannay Lawyers, said Binns was ’embarrassed and apologetic’ about her actions.

The court was told Binns had been with her partner for 18 months when she discovered the relationship. Pictured: A lamp she smashed in the apartment

Binns also caused significant damage to the woman’s car (pictured with scratches)

‘She was concerned and found out that her boyfriend had been meandering around the complex and found another little door to call into,’ he said.

He added that she was suffering mental health issues at the time and was now seeking counselling.

Outside of court he told 9News: ‘Anyone who was living in the same complex and obviously found someone having a little bit of a sojourn with an 18-month relationship boyfriend, one can understand her anger in relation to it.

‘The damage that was done she is happy to pay for it and she is obviously very remorseful.

‘I’m pretty confident we will never see her back here before the court.’