A Hobart woman who rammed her fiancee’s car and chased her through the eastern shore suburb of Rokeby in a “reckless and dangerous” pursuit while breaching a family violence order has avoided further time behind bars.
Jasmin Tringrove, 25, was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on April 8 after pleading guilty to one count of dangerous driving.
Chief Justice Chris Shanahan handed down 15 months’ imprisonment, with 81 days already served and the balance of 12 months and 10 days suspended for 18 months.
The court heard Tringrove spotted the woman as she was about to enter the McDonald’s drive-through at Glebe Hill on July 14, 2023.
She drove into the carpark in a grey Mazda ute, pointing at the woman as she passed.
The woman was in her white Nissan Patrol with her son, a friend and a young child when Tringrove deliberately collided with her vehicle at a roundabout on Commerce Drive.
The chase continued onto Rokeby Road. Tringrove pursued the woman through a red light, then drew alongside her car near a merge lane and drove into it, forcing it onto a traffic island and into a wire barrier.
Witnesses heard tyres screeching and described the cars flying past on the wrong side of the road. One driver had to take evasive action.
Tringrove was subject to an interim family violence order protecting the woman at the time and had previously been declared a serial family violence perpetrator.
“Your driving was extremely dangerous and had some violent elements to it,” Shanahan said.
“It certainly created significant risk to those in the complainant’s car and to the pedestrians and road users affected.”
“It could so easily have ended in tragedy.”
The court was told Tringrove had a difficult background, including childhood sexual abuse and the death of her mother when she was 18.
She has held full-time work at Inghams since her release in June 2025 and is engaging with mental health services through Headspace.
The suspended sentence is tied to a 12-month community corrections order requiring supervision, abstinence from alcohol and drugs and participation in the EQUIPS Addiction Program if directed.
