A woman found guilty of stealing from elderly victims over an eight-year period has been sentenced to at least five years in jail, with the judge saying the fraudster lacked 'contrition' and that she had actually stolen millions more than the $270,000 over which she was charged.
Patricia Evans was sentenced, in South Australia's District Court, to more than eight years in prison, with a non-parole period of five years. Patricia Evans was sentenced in SA's District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of theft and 19 counts of aggravated theft between May 2010 and August 2018.
Patricia Evans was sentenced in South Australia's District Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of theft and 19 counts of aggravated theft between May 2010 and August 2018.The sentence was backdated to May 2022, when Evans was first taken into custody, meaning she will remain behind bars until at least 2027.who stole from her victims over a period of nine years, earning "more than a judge of this court for many of those years".
"I consider for several reasons your expressions of contrition and remorse to be hollow and that you lack insight into what you have done."The court heard Evans was on a disability pension and bankrupt at the time of her crimes, and Judge Durrant said she had "given no proper explanation for your offending".
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