A Charnwood woman has denied claims made in court by her ex-partner's lawyer that she faked a kidnapping to cover up an attempt to extort her own mother.
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The 27-year-old has accused her former partner of three and a half months, Samuel Carrasco, of kidnapping her, threatening to inject her with ketamine, and sending text messages to her mother demanding money.
Carrasco, 25, is facing a judge-only trial in the ACT Supreme Court regarding events that occurred over May 17 and 18 last year.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping for ransom, making a demand of a person with a threat, and common assault. He has pleaded guilty to blackmail
The prosecution alleges that when the woman broke up with Carrasco, he forced her to drive to Telstra Tower, where he put a "very sharp" object against her neck, telling her it was a syringe full of ketamine. He allegedly said he would put her to sleep for two hours, tie her up and put her in the back of the car if she did not comply with his demands.
The woman also said Mr Carrasco had threatened to have her arrested by telling police she had hacked his Facebook account, acted like a "crazy stalker" and stolen money from his bank account.
She told the court she had not done any of those things, but was "very scared that night" and believed she might be jailed if he went to police.
The woman told the court Carrasco then made her to drive to Queanbeyan. She said he allowed her to go into a service station by herself on the way, but snatched her phone off her first, and she didn't notify the attendant because she was "scared for [her] life".
At Queanbeyan, he told her to pull over, she said.
Text messages were then sent to the woman's mother from her phone, saying she was in "trouble" and "needed some money". One text message asked for $5000. Soon after receiving the messages, the mother called the police.
The alleged victim said some messages were sent by Mr Carrasco, and others were dictated by him and written by her.
One read, "Your daughters drug f---ed boyfriend owes me 5 thousand ... it would be wise to leave the police out of it."
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Defence lawyer Edward Chen accused the woman of conspiring with Carrasco to write the messages in order to extort money from her mother, with whom she lived.
The woman denied this, saying she had a "nearly best-friend kind of relationship" with her mother, who was also her carer.
When police found the car beside Oaks Estate Road, the alleged victim was standing outside the vehicle. She said Carrasco had let her stretch her legs.
Constable Elise Muscat said when she saw the woman, she was "very distraught", shaking and asking for her mum.
The trial continues. Closing addresses will take place on Wednesday.
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