A NORTH Haven woman facing charges related to the alleged murder of Paul Davy in Kendall in 2023, has pleaded guilty to trying to escape custody.

Ashley Louise Shields, 28, appeared via videolink before Magistrate Georgina Darcy in Port Macquarie Local Court on 24 October.

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She will now be sentenced on 15 November for “attempting to escape lawful custody” and “assault law officer (not police officer)”.

Shields was being taken from the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre on 1 June, for medical treatment at Kempsey District Hospital, when she attempted to run from correctional officers.

There was no application for bail and it was formally refused.

Shields is one of four people charged over the shooting death of Davy, 43, whose body was found in the driveway of a Batar Creek Road home on 22 November 2023.

Court documents show she is also facing charges of “conceal serious indictable offence”, “intending to pervert the course of justice” and “hinder investigation of serious indictable offence”, with those matters listed for further mention on 7 November.

By Sue STEPHENSON