A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a Waihī woman accused of trying to kill her former partner by grabbing the steering wheel of the car, resulting in a head-on crash.
Maxine Avlon Paul, 58, who is on trial in the High Court at Rotorua has denied a charge of attempting to murder her former partner Mark Bickley on January 7, 2017.
Bickley claimed his then-partner Paul twice grabbed the steering wheel of his station wagon as they headed home to Waihī on State Highway 2 in Aongatete.
The force sent his car careering over the centreline and it instantly hit the Hilux, he said.
Paul also denied two charges of dangerous driving causing injury to Hamilton couple Ciaran Dunn and Zoe Rothie.