A FRENCH national was charged in a magistrate's court on Thursday with a killer-litter offence.

Sandrine Bionda Courbet, 39, a bank executive, is said to have thrown three knives and a wooden knife holder from the kitchen window of her 15th-floor flat at Ridgwood Close on Jan 27.

She initially wanted to plead guilty but when told by the judge that the offence normally carried a jail term, she changed her mind.

The judge had asked if she wanted to engage a lawyer.

She asked for an adjournment to make representations.

She is released on bail of $5,000. Her passport was impounded. She will be back in court on June 26.

If convicted of the rash act, she faces a jail term of up to three months or a fine of $250 or both.