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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Toby Vue

Retaliation against police, desire for affection trigger prison car ramming

Lila Walto’s rampage against ACT prison car across Canberra’s inner south in July 2021 | July 2022 | Canberra Times

The dangerous driver of the stolen Jeep Wrangler that caused havoc against an ACT prison car to free her then fiancé in mid-2021 did so in retaliation to police and to gain physical affection from her partner, a court has heard.

Lila Rose Mary Walto, 29, told the author of her pre-sentence report that she went on the rampage to free sentenced prisoner Kane Quinn because police allegedly refused to help her, the ACT Supreme Court heard on Monday when she was sentenced to nearly seven years' jail.

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