A Hamilton mother who shot at police to help her ram-raiding children escape - claims it was to compensate for being absent during their early years

Open Justice reports the shots were fired after a Cambridge Noel Leeming - and a Te Awamutu liquor store - were hit in December last year.

The woman diverted police by shooting at them from a speeding car.

She went to jail for six years in 2014 on meth import and supply charges - missing bringing up her children.

The judge didn't accept her excuse and sent her to prison for four years and 10 months.