The 33-year-old confessed to using dead pilot Ash Jenkinson's identity after she was caught using her mobile phone behind the wheel. 9News
wept openly as she pleaded guilty to fraud by dishonestly inducing a person to act and one count of obtaining or dealing with another's identity to commit an indictable offence in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Friday.after she was caught using her mobile phone behind the wheel on December 15.
She had just started a new job as a forklift driver at a warehouse, and if her licence was suspended, she feared she would lose her job.So, she scoured the obituary notices to pin the fine on another driver. "Her name and face have been all over the media and on Facebook. You Google her, and she comes up. She has been publicly humiliated and is embarrassed to be before the court."
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