Facts
5 The four offences comprised a continuing course of criminal conduct which took place on Sunday, 17 February 2002. At about 2.30 am that day the respondent was in a Nissan sedan with two co-offenders, Ammin Bahsa and Wayne Holten, one of whom was driving. They saw the victim of the kidnapping charge, Matthew Drivilas, aged about seventeen, in William Street, Bankstown. The car stopped and the two male offenders alighted. The respondent remained in the car and did not see what then occurred.
6 Mr Drivilas noticed Holten and Bahsa watching him, and he walked towards a house to make it appear that he lived there. However, a dog barked and he walked back to the street. Holten, whom he recognised as a man he had known for several years, called out to him.
7 Mr Drivilas walked with Holten along William Street until he saw another person, Bahsa, who was wearing a balaclava. Bahsa put a balaclava over Mr Drivilas's head and his mobile phone, which he was holding, was snatched from his hand. He felt something cold and sharp pointed into the side of his neck and drawn across his throat. One of the men told him to be quiet or he would be killed. He was, of course, very frightened.
8 Mr Drivilas was dragged over a metal fence into a nearby school, where he was searched. He was asked for money but he had none. One of the offenders threatened to stab him. His shoes were removed and a set of keys were taken from his pocket. On the keyring was the key to his father's Mitsubishi Pajero. He was told that the men knew where he lived and that they were going to take that vehicle.
9 By this time about twenty to thirty minutes had elapsed. The respondent drove the Nissan sedan along the roadway where the men were and stopped nearby. She sounded the horn and told them to hurry up. Mr Drivilas was propelled to the car, feeling the sharp metal object being pressed into his ribs and kidney area.
10 The respondent remained at the wheel of the Nissan and suggested that they go to Redfern to purchase drugs. In fact, she drove around for about another ten minutes. She stopped, and the male offenders pulled Mr Drivilas out of the Nissan and led him to a Toyota Tarago, which had been stolen the previous evening or earlier that same morning from outside its owner's home in Greenacre. The men pushed Mr Drivilas onto the floor of the Tarago, removed his jumper and put it under his head. They pulled off his tracksuit pants and used them to tie his ankles together, and they tied his hands behind his back.
11 The Tarago, containing the respondent, the two co-offenders and Mr Drivilas, was then driven to the vicinity of Mr Drivilas's home. One of the men got out and returned, driving the Pajero belonging to Mr Drivilas's father. The other man remained in the Tarago with Mr Drivilas, holding a knife to his neck. Both vehicles were then driven for about fifteen minutes and stopped. The respondent, Bahsa and Holten discussed committing a robbery at a service station.
12 The robbery was committed at a service station at Enfield. The respondent drove there, with Mr Drivilas, in the Tarago. Holten and Bahsa drove there in the Pajero. By this time it was about 4 am.
13 Mr Shanker Manga, aged twenty seven, was working alone at the service station. Holten and Bahsa entered and demanded that Mr Manga open the safe. He said that he could not do so and he was made to lie on the floor. He was then pulled to a back room by his collar and asked to hand over the security video. Again, he said that he could not because the video was in the safe. He was then dragged to another room, where his face was pushed against the wall, his pockets were searched and his wallet, mobile phone and house keys were taken.
14 The two male offenders then dragged Mr Manga to the toilet and told him to face the wall. His glasses were knocked off his face and were broken. He was punched to the mouth and the side of his face, causing his mouth to bleed. The proceeds of the robbery were Mr Manga's wallet and his mobile phone, $167 from the cash register and cigarettes valued at $592.
15 While the robbery was taking place, the respondent waited nearby in the Tarago. Mr Drivilas was in the vehicle, still bound and with the balaclava covering his head. The respondent drove into the service station as Holten and Bahsa were leaving. The two men then drove the Pajero to Kings Cross, and the respondent followed them in the Tarago. On the way, she provided some comfort to Mr Drivilas by telling him that she would try to look after him. At Kings Cross she went to buy drugs.
16 Holten drove the Tarago, with Mr Drivilas still in it, back to Bankstown. The respondent followed in the Pajero, with Bahsa as her passenger. On the way to Bankstown, Holten untied Mr Drivilas and allowed him to sit in the front seat. He dropped him at Bankstown, threatening him not to call the police. Nevertheless, Mr Drivilas did just that.
17 Shortly thereafter, police drove with Mr Drivilas through Bankstown. They saw the respondent, who was still sitting in the driver's seat of the Pajero, and arrested her. The co-offenders were also arrested but they have not yet been dealt with. When first interviewed, the respondent denied any knowledge of the offences. However, she admitted her involvement in a second interview, although she refused to reveal the identity of her co-offenders.