Port Augusta: Mother of five Betty Anne Buzzacott discovers her fate after stabbing a family member with a broken bottle
A mother of five is behind bars after stabbing a female relative with a broken glass bottle after she refused to share her alcohol during a drunken night out.
Betty Anne Buzzacott, 34, was sentenced to more than two years in prison after a jury found her guilty of causing damage with intent to cause damage.
The court heard that on February 23, 2023, she had been drinking with a group of people, including the victim, in Port Augusta, South Australia.
The pair ended up on the beach at the Oasis Apartments.
The court heard the victim stopped sharing her alcohol with Buzzacott, which angered the mother-of-five, The Advertiser reported.
“You picked up an empty bottle and threw it against the rocks,” Assistant Judge Gordon Barrett told Buzzacott.
‘Then you went up to the victim and hit her from behind with a bottle.’
The court heard that the victim did not immediately realise she had been stabbed, but soon noticed she was bleeding heavily.
Betty Anne Buzzacott, 34, (pictured) was drinking with a group of people when she became aggressive towards her relative when they refused to share their alcohol
The mother of five (pictured) smashed a bottle on the rocks before stabbing her relative, who suffered a deep wound to the left side of her jaw
She went to the Oasis Apartments, where she was assisted by two off-duty paramedics.
The woman suffered a large cut, 5-6 cm deep, on the left side of her jaw, near her ear.
A doctor who treated the woman estimated that she had lost about 100 ml of blood as a result of the attack.
The court also heard that Buzzacott has an alcohol problem.
She was sentenced to two years and two months in prison, with a non-conditional release period of one year and two months.
The women had been drinking and ended up on the coast in Port Augusta, near the Oasis Apartments (pictured)
“You broke a bottle and stabbed someone without provoking you at all,” the judge told Buzzacott.
‘Your victim is a family member and you may have to answer to him or her when you are released from prison.’
Buzzacott’s sentence was backdated to June 27.
