Melbourne: In a bizarre incident, a 23-year- old woman in Australia has been charged with public nuisance for stubbing out a cigarette on a journalist's face outside a court.

The woman had been at Caboolture Magistrates Court, north of Brisbane, to hear murder charges against her friend. Media were attempting to interview supporters of alleged murderer Stevee Jane Kennedy when the young female supporter allegedly lit a cigarette, blew smoke into their faces and then stubbed out the cigarette on reporter Alex Bernhardt's face.