A mother of two will remain behind bars on remand after she allegedly doused another woman with accelerant in an attempt to set her on fire.

Ashley Jean Zammit, 33, was arrested and charged with one count of act intended to cause grievous bodily harm in Caboolture, Queensland, on Saturday.

Police allege Ms Zammit visited a Banksia Beach property to find a 36-year-old Morayfield woman who is known to her about 9.45am on April 4.

It is further alleged Ms Zammit splashed the accelerant onto a Morayfield woman’s clothing and body before attempting to set her on fire with a lighter.

According to court documents, Ms Zammit allegedly used an ‘explosive substance’ to unlawfully throw on the Morayfield woman.

The Morayfield woman was able to escape uninjured and drive away in her car.

Ms Zammit’s defence solicitor, Ngarangi Rangihuna, told Caboolture Magistrates Court on Tuesday his client wouldn’t be appearing via video link because she hadn’t been eating since her arrest.

‘She’s been having issues downstairs [in the watch house],’ Mr Rangihuna said.

‘She has with issues … taking medication and eating. She’s gone a significant period of time without having any food.’

Mr Rangihuna said Ms Zammit had been engaging with mental health specialists.

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He said his client would be willing to abide to strict bail conditions, including reporting three times a week and wearing an ankle monitoring device.

Magistrate Kurt Fowler denied the bail application, stating he would have been more willing to consider granting bail if Ms Zammit was living ‘two, three, 400km away’ from the alleged victim.

‘This is an allegation that she deliberately drove somewhere with a jerry can full of fuel, it can’t be suggested it’s a spontaneous act and to the extent caused that to be put on another person where there’s a [alleged] history of animosity,’ Mr Fowler said.

‘She [allegedly] had a lighter which at some stage was used or attempted to be used to cause a light to attempt a naked flame.’

Mr Rangihuna said he had instructions to continue with the bail application despite the possibility his client could live in Casino, NSW, on bail.

He indicated to the court his client would consider appealing the bail application before the Brisbane Supreme Court.

Mr Fowler adjourned the matter to August 1 for further mention.

‘It’s like someone choking someone with suffocation. Clearly the issue here is underlying mental health, it’s just too risky,’ he said.

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