Nicholas Robert Summers, 20, was charged with committing an act of cruelty on an animal after police were shown a Snapchat video he created in 2018. 

The video showed Summers driving on Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama, during the evening. A mid to large size kangaroo was hopping on the roadway. 

According to the police report presented to Lithgow Local Court, the driver is heard to say “Thinks he can do a lap of the Mountain, not on my watch” before accelerating and chasing the eastern grey, including moving onto the incorrect side of the road in pursuit. 

The kangaroo was hit by the vehicle and was seen to fall over, tumbling along the roadway, before the footage ended. 

A copy of the video, which was posted on the social media platform Snapchat, was provided to police by an informant. 

During an interview with Lithgow Police on October 13 last year, Summers said he had seen the kangaroo get up and hop away following the incident. 

A 58-year-old Bowenfels woman has been found guilty of intentionally smashing windows and damaging a television. 

Lithgow Local Court has ordered Cherrie Anne Burnes to serve out a Community Corrections Order over the next 12 months. 

It was heard that Burnes went to a Stewart Street unit, the property of Housing NSW, around midnight on January 9 to confront a man.

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He was not home and Burnes, finding the unit unlocked, entered and began kicking items around, including smashing the corner of a television screen. 

According to the police report presented to Lithgow Local Court, Burnes then smashed the front windows of the home by punching and kicking them. She also punched a hole in the wall. 

Aware that neighbours had called the police, Burnes waited for police to arrive and she was arrested. 

Kiley Lee Hamlin, 33, of Taree was fined $750 in Lithgow Local Court on January 31 for contravening the prohibitions of a domestic violence order. 

The offence occurred on July 5, 2018 at Littleton.