A woman who has been in custody since she was arrested in October has withdrawn her application for bail relating to offences allegedly committed last year.
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The accused Shannon Jeffrey, 32, appeared at the Ballarat Magistrates' Court via video link on Monday.
Jeffrey is charged with car theft and firearm possession for allegedly being a passenger in a stolen car in June 2020 that a firearm was found in.
Defence lawyer Maddie Carroll said her client 'firmly disputed' the firearm possession and car theft charges as she had no knowledge the car was stolen or of the presence of the firearm.
She said Jeffrey was let out of the car at a location two hours before the police searched it and found the firearm.
Four police witnesses will give evidence during a four-hour contested hearing set down for August.
Jeffrey is also contesting charges of shop theft and shop theft on bail that have been transferred to the Wangaratta Magistrates' Court.
Ms Carroll said Jeffrey denied the shop theft and the statement made to police by the shop owner described the thief as a male.
A third set of 25 charges has been adjourned for contest mention in March.
Ms Carroll said she was waiting to receive one more piece of CCTV and a statement to be able to move the matter forward.
"I am of the view this matter is resolvable," she said.
"We are very close. We just need two more pieces of evidence. There are a lot of charges and only a few are contested at the moment. "
The charges relate to a number of alleged incidents, including one when Jeffrey was pulled over by police while she was allegedly driving a stolen car, but provided a false name to police and fled.
She was linked to a number of stolen cars, police allege 10 in total.
She was a disqualified driver at the time of all alleged incidents.
Jeffrey is also charged with a theft from Bunnings and thefts from Officeworks.
Other charges laid include retention of stolen goods, using a stolen credit card to buy cigarettes, obtaining property by deception, petrol theft, trespass, dangerous driving and dealing with the proceeds of crime.
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